A Road Worth Driving Down
Words and music by Tom May, Copyright June 2016
©Blue Vignette Music, ASCAP

1. South of Cody, Wyoming 125
The daybreak sky is alive
as the early morning rain subsides, there are purples, reds, and blues
on this sleepy Sunday sunrise, it is clear what I must do

So I marvel through the windshield
give thanks to the goddess of chance
for the privilege of being here, as those colors begin to dance
stop beside the two lane, hear the rangeland's lonesome sound
reflect upon the pleasures
of a road worth driving down

2. Up close to the timberline, Colorado Aspen glows
September, before the first autumn snow
Trail Ridge Road is cold and frosty
all the tourists have gone east
just my van and a dozen mountain goats
find the tundra's stark relief

So I marvel through the windshield
give thanks to the goddess of chance
for the privilege of being here
as those colors begin to dance
stop beside the two lane, Rocky Mountains all around
reflect upon the pleasures
of a road worth driving down

3. Nebraska sandhills, vacant Hwy 2
back to the land that I once knew
where my parents weathered the worst hard times
the prairie towns are nearly gone
pheasants fly up from the ditch,
as sunflowers greet the dawn

So I marvel through the windshield
give thanks to the goddess of chance
for the privilege of being here, as prairie lights begin to dance
stop beside the two lane
hear the magpies mournful sounds
reflect upon the pleasures, of a road worth driving down

4. US 97, spans the Columbia River Blue
in the great Northwest, where I found you
sunset on the Cascade Peaks
still finds me not alone
you are my constant friend and northern star
who will journey with me home

So we marvel through the windshield
give thanks to the goddess of chance
for the privilege of being here
as light on Mt. Adams begins to dance
stop beside the two lane
hear the river's rushing sounds
reflect upon the pleasures,
of a road worth driving down

stop beside the two lane
where the memories abound
reflect upon the pleasures
of a road worth driving down