[Verse]
The wind it howled like an old gray ghost
Takin’ my roof and brick and post
My heart’s been torn like the dirty old street
Now I got no place to rest my feet
[Verse 2]
My door don’t swing it’s a memory now
My chimney’s gone like I don’t know how
The flames they laughed while the ashes fell
Left me alone in this wandering shell
[Chorus]
Oh the road is cruel and the nights run long
I lost my home but I found this song
My boots are worn the world’s my stage
A wandering man through the empty age
[Verse 3]
The stars my ceilings the dirt my floor
Every town just another closed door
No mail in my name no place to stay
I'm a vagrant soul with the break of day
[Verse 4]
I built a life with my two weathered hands
Now it crumbles like forgotten sands
The whiskey’s warm but it can’t erase
The ghost of a home and the love’s sweet trace
[Chorus]
Oh the road is cruel and the nights run long
I lost my home but I found this song
My boots are worn the world’s my stage
A wandering man through the empty age