The road that I’m traveling is the only one I’ve known
The closer I get, the further I’ve gone
I would hold you close, but I’m out here alone
And I’m too many miles away from home
You were dancing in Atlanta when I first saw you
I promised you the world, but I never came through
I talked you into running away from that town
As the Braves won the series we were Nashville bound
You were a pretty good singer I played rhythm guitar
We never had plans on ever being stars
We didn’t to it for money we didn’t do it for the love
We did it for the freedom and the heavens above
And the road I’m traveling is the only one I’ve known
The closer I get, the further I’ve gone
I would hold you close but I’m out here alone
And I’m too many miles away from my home
We lit out of Nashville when I owed the wrong man
Made our way up North to what seemed like a foreign land
It was cold up in Fargo and the snow was so high
So were we, but we believed we could fly
We landed out West, in downtown Cheyenne
With boots all around and not a dollar in our hands
I sold pills in the day, you worked through the night
It was a hard way of living just to keep us high
And the road I’m traveling is the only one I’ve known
The closer I get, the further I’ve gone
I would hold you close but I’m out here alone
And I’m too many miles away from my home
There were motels and missions along the way
I cherished your time and the love that we made
I left you this morning with roses all across your bed
The tracks on your arms will tell them the rest
If I could turn back time and start over again
I would have left you alone before we began
But I wouldn’t have your picture tattooed on my chest
Or these tracks on my arms to remember I was blessed
And the road I’m traveling is the only one I’ve known
The closer I get, the further I’ve gone
I would love to hold you, but I’m out here alone
And I’m too many miles away from my home
I would love to hold you, but I’m out here alone
And I’m too many miles away from my home
