Backroads winding over the hill
All those warm open faces,
Smiled a welcome and goodbye
I hold you here in my heart,
Lady with your Mona Lisa smile
Your body filled my senses, like the heavens fill the sky
And I was born to know you without ever knowing why
Down the backroads,
Honey, down the backroads
The backroads of my life.
Zapped out on nothing
Nothing left to blame
Fate is a stranger,
Sometimes calls your name.
And I lost me a fortune
But I got diamonds in my hand
I hear your voice in the night,
See the trees throwing patterns on your skin
I took a road to somewhere, but I guess I lost my way
For the best of good intentions, I was coming back one day
Down the backroads
Honey, down the backroads
The backroads of my life.
Best friends were strangers
Lord I broke the rules
Broke a hundred miles of hearts,
Lord I played the fool
Now it's a strange consolation
When you think you got it made
I've journeyed to the anvils of the sun
Frozen in the bitter arctic winds
When forgotten friends and memories, come tugging at my sleeve
You get the urge for going then you wonder why you leave
Down the backroads
Honey, down the backroads
The backroads of my life.
Freight train to nowhere
Coasting down the plane
I was hitching on a highway
Now there's singing in the wires
And I'm so lonesome I could cry
I hold you here in my heart,
Lady with your Mona Lisa smile
Your body filled my senses,
Like the heavens fill the sky
And I was born to know you,
Without ever knowing why
Down the backroads,
Honey, down the backroads
The backroads of my life.