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You sit on the riverbank

you're watching the boats go by

You're twenty years old and it's burnin'

gotta steal to survive

telling too many lies

but you're ready and the plans they are made

You gotta get away

you gotta see for yourself

There's a world out there just waiting

giving up this street life has been on your mind

So move on today

And I'll meet ya down in L. A.

New York, Chicago onto Santa Fe

Once you've started out on that road

you ain't ever comin' back

And if you wanna go to sunny California

they got the girls who'll keep you warmer

Once you've started out on that road

you ain't ever comin' back

You sit by the railroad track

you're watchin' the trains go past

Thirty years old and it's churning

You're still using the lines

but the're way out a time

So catch the next plane going

You gotta get away

you gotta see for yourself

There's a world out there just waiting

Giving up this street life has been on your mind

So move on today

Years fly past, and time is lost

You never worry at all

all you wanna do in life

is follow the long winding road

You even tried saving money to buy a few things

But that was never the way

The way to get back on the road again

Headin' for a new town every day

And I'll meet ya - Down in L. A.

New York, Chicago onto Santa Fe

Once you've started out on that road

you ain't ever comin' back