Somewhere in America

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1. Across the North Dakota hills the twilit road unwinds,

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the setting sun sprays showers of gold across the dark green pines.

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The evening shadows change from grey to an ever deepening blue,

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and I’m somewhere in America, half a world away from you.

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2. With sixteen towns behind me, and sixteen more to go,

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I’ve long since stopped believing in the romance of the road.

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Though friends and kind hearts wait for me in the town I’m heading to,

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I’m somewhere in America, half a world away from you.

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And the road goes on and on and on,

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the road goes on and o….n and on.

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3. And here and there along the road, welcoming and bright,

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the lights from home and farmstead pierce the dark Dakota night.

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Their brightness shines on others’ lives, their welcome’s for their own,

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and I’m somewhere in America, half a world away from home.

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4. But, well, you know, I love this life, the endless road’s the stage,

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that music’s a fever in the blood, a wild bird in the cage.

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You and I let that wild bird fly, its bright dreams to pursue,

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now I’m somewhere in America, half a world away from you.

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And the road goes on and on and on,

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and the road goes on and o….n and on.

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5. Across the North Dakota hills the twilit road unwinds,

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the setting sun sprays showers of gold across the dark green pines.

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The evening shadows change from grey to an ever deepening blue,

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and I’m somewhere in America, half a world away from you.

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Yes, I’m somewhere in America, half a world away from you.

(Eric Bogle)