1.The Road
I was driving back west through the patches of fog
We had the brights turned on and we listened to songs
I didn't know it then but I was right where I needed to be
You were back at home you were working a job
And you were hanging out nights with your friends at the bar
You didn't know it then but you were right where you needed to
be
When all you have is what's inside your pocket
And all your dreams seem stuck up on the shelf
Well you'd best prepare the way for change is comin'
Cause the road will always take you somewhere else
I was waking up to the sound of the raindrops while you
Were in the southeast sleeping in truck stops
I didn't know it then but I was right where I needed to be
You were making friends with people I'd never meet and I was
Praying to God that your band would succeed
I didn't know it then but you were right where you needed to be
When all you have is what's inside your pocket
And all your dreams seem stuck up on the shelf
Well you'd best prepare the way for change is comin'
Cause the road will always take you somewhere else
Don't forget
All you've ever wanted is yours
Well the east coast is busy and the west coast is wild
The south keeps it steady while the north rolls around
And somewhere in the middle there are some towns that no one
knows
Where every local kid comes out to every local show
Oh the road will always take you somewhere
2.Misunderstood
It is harder than you know
To draw water from a stone
I've been trying for years
Still there's nobody home
You pick my brain like I got something
Good to say about why we're here
It'll be years before I can answer
Remember that I
I never claimed to know the answers
I've just been searching for the good
Because at my best I'm a filthy sinner
And at my worst I'm misunderstood
It is harder than you know
To keep shouldering false hope
I cant carry your fears,
I'm not the one you should ask here
You pick my brain like I got something
Good to say about “what's it mean to exist？”
But I can't say anything
because I'm not existing yet
I never claimed to have the answers
I've just been searching for the good
Because at my best I'm a filthy sinner
And at my worst I'm misunderstood
I never claimed to have the answers
I have been searching for the good
because at my best I'm a wayward sinning fool
So don't misunderstand me telling you
To not misunderstand misunderstood
3.Good Enough
I wade through the empty days until you come back in sight
I count all the different ways but you still wont say it's right
'Cause I am all the selfish things that you'd never want me for
I sail close but you drift away 'til your hearts ready for more
I won't go; no I'm not like them at all
All that you've learned from love
Is you weren't good enough
But all that you've heard is wrong
You know you're strong enough
I keep all my hurt locked up in a buried treasure chest
Any man who has had a glimpse made a mess of it and left
'Cause I am all the selfish things that you'd never love me for
I was close now I'm far away trying to find the other shore
But don't go, no I'm not like them at all
Don't give up, don't go cold, you're close to moving on
If it don't hurt, then it's wrong, so let's hurt for awhile 'til
we feel something, oh
Hearts race in the salty air as you put your feet on sand
Like a dream you're in front of me with your treasure chest in
hand
Don't leave, I will show everything
4.Afraid (Interlude)
You don't even know how afraid I am
So save me from myself again
5.Simple and Free
My path in life was chosen
In a flurry of emotion
You know the music seemed to sweep me off my feet
And I didn't have much choice
But to follow her clear voice
To try to find the things she had in store for me
I could have been a scientist but I don't mean to whine
It's just that I am so much more than what you see
I could have been a million things to gain respect from kings
and queens
But I chose a minstrels life
Simple and free simple and free simple and free
I don't mind the fact these musical notes
Haunt my mind and resonate from my bones
Simple and free is what I said
Simple and free 'til I'm dead
My path in life was chosen in a flurry of emotion
You know the spirit seemed to take me by the hand
And I didn't have much choice but to listen for his voice
And try to help my boy as he became a man
I could have been a novelist
Unwinding worlds that don't exist or a hundred other things I do
believe
I could have written you a symphony
Become the queen of everything
But I chose a minstrels life
Simple and free simple and free simple and free
I lost myself inside these musical notes
The melody swells and takes me home
I've never been alone
I will always find rest
Simple and free 'til I'm dead
6.One Day Soon
I watch her breathing while she sleeps
And then a feeling buries me
I'd die to see her walk to me
To smile in disbelief
At the ground beneath her feet
She cracks a smile and shows her teeth
It's been a year, she looks like me
I'd die to teach her how to pray
To give to God each day
To know it when I say
“You'll never be alone
You'll never be alone
Even when all of your innocence is gone
You'll never be alone”
One day soon she'll say
“Daddy, I love a boy and he loves me”
And I'll watch her leave and then I'll pray
And give to God that day
And hope her heart is safe
A few weeks later she'll come home
Crying that boy had let her go
He wasn't ready yet to be
The kind of man she needs
So I hold her close and sing, softly
“You'll never be alone
You'll never be alone
Even as your heart is breaking don't lose hope
You'll never be alone”
One day soon, she'll walk the aisle
My little girl, my precious child
Beautiful woman, veiled and sweet
I'll smile in disbelief
As the tears roll down my cheek
And then I'll whisper, softly
“You'll never be alone
You'll never be alone
Even after God calls both your parents home
You'll never be alone”
7.Wild I Am
I've been walking around this town
And I've decided I don't ever wanna be another face in the crowd
I've been talking to people I meet
Saying, “I've been thinking about leaving and I'm taking next to
nothing with me”
And I know that public opinion says that I should settle down
But there's something inside my heart that fights against the
crowd
And it is wild
Wild I Am
I've been thinking of things I don't know
And I'm not about to settle with the present if my heart wants
to go
You've got your convictions and I've got mine
But if you're trying to tame the lion in me it'll be a waste of
your time
And I know that public opinion says to be a realist
But if you tame the beast in me, then I would not exist
Cause I am wild
Wild, wild, I am
I always find it hard to ascertain
Why it is that I feel this way
When my whole life is in disarray
The future makes me feel alive
I've always known the romantic side
Of not knowing where I'll sleep at night
I can't stand when my hands are tied
My bed the ground, my roof the sky
Wild, wild, wild, I am
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