Karaoké Still by the Roadside Michael Bennett

Mmh mmh hmm mmh mmh

Mmh hmm mmh mmh hmm

Abandoned melody

Hangin' all alone

Achin' all at the end

Dust on my boots and the gravel is cold

Been standin' out here 'till my coffee gets old

Same faded jacket

Same sun on my face

Same rusted fence line

Same cracked little case

I'm still by the roadside

Guitar in my hand

Hopin' you'll find me

Know who I am

Every car passin'

I look up and stare

Prayin' the next one will stop and you're there

I hung you that love

Abandoned my breath

The one that you mocked in your teenage unrest

Your name on the wind sounds so quiet and thin

Like it's almost afraid to come all the way in

And I'm still by the roadside

Guitar in my hand

Hopin' you'll find me

Know who I am

Every car passin'

I look up and stare

Prayin' the next one will stop and you're there

I painted your first day on this old mile sign

Twelve years swore you'd grow up so fine

If anger was gasoline

I poured you a sea

Now I'd drink every drop just to set your boat free

Oh

Taillights and headlights keeps smearin' the dusk

My fingers grow stiff but I still place my trust

I strum through the years that I never got right

Each chord is an apology thrown at the night

I'm still by the roadside

Guitar in my hand

Hopin' you'll find me

Know who I am

If you roll this window down

I'll stay 'till it rains

I'll stand here forever to say your name

Still by the roadside 'till mornin' is through

This old man is waitin'

Still waitin' for you