I left home when I was seventeen I just grew tired of falling down And I'm sure I was told The allure of the road Would be all I found And all the answers that I started with Turned out questions in the end So years roll on by And just like the sky The road never ends (Chorus:) And the people who love me still ask me When are you coming back to town And I answer quite frankly When they stop building roads And all God needs is gravity to hold me down (Chorus:) And the people who love me still ask me When are you coming back to town And I answer quite frankly When they stop building roads And there ain't no more highways to be found And I answer quite frankly When they stop building roads And all God needs is gravity to hold me down