The Road Not Taken (Live)

The Road Not Taken (Live) - Teri Ralston

I found an old picture of me

In a drawer

I was angry

Being led off by police

Defiant in my chains

Fond a shag

Protesting the war

Disturbing the peace

And in the screaming crowd

Behind my fist

I still

Can see his hand

And lovely face

We were lovers

In that snapshot

Of my youth

Now blurred

By time

And space

The road

Not taken

So long

Ago

Was I

Mistaken

The voice of reason

In my head

Say no

But there's some whisper

Inside my heart

I hear it calling

Just for old time sake

From the road I

Didn't pick

One summer

Another man entered my life

As different

From the first one

As could be

With perfect hair

And custom

Tailored suits

Oh I was so sure

He wasn't for me

But somehow

When I looked behind his smile

I saw a gentle strength

That turned the tide

Through the fights and compromises

That we've made

He's never left

My side

The road

I've taken

The choice

I've made

Old fires awaken

I'm certain I would

Never make the trade

But there's that whisper

That comes

And goes

That small

Reminder

Of the life you'd make

On the road

You didn't take

No one

Else has ever really known

That unpained girl

Except that boy

So bold and rough

He was the love

Of my life

But sometimes love

Is not enough

The road

Not taken

The things

You leave behind

The dreams

Forsaken

And though your heart

Won't break

Still you

Feel the ache

For the road

You didn't

Take