Noah Zacharin - Ten Tons of Road

10 Tons of Road

there’s a blue cloth on the table
a pint or two to hold it down
you know how the wind blows wild
in the dim light of this town
there’s a pair of hands I’ve held
a pair of eyes in which I’ve drowned
where’s the paradise I’ve been shaken in
when love made the sirens sound

ten tons of road beneath my wheels
a million miles of skies above
cannot take me far enough
to ever forget our love

I keep a couple of pieces of gravel
in the heel of my left shoe
they remind me as I travel
of each step I took away from you
there’s a carving in an old oak tree
my sweet-edge penknife made
where are you my darling
it’s cold in the shade

ten tons…

now the tulips they are opening
as the daffodil begins to wilt
the crocus it’s just history
see this house I’ve built
I wanna know everything
I wanna love everyone
when you come to me and my money’s gone
I’ll buy you drinks with gold of the sun

ten tons…