Sit on the Side of the Road

Opening

I ain’t quitting, I’m tired,

There’s a difference, don’t you know.

Sometimes you gotta sit awhile,

On the side of the road.

Verse 1

I’ve been running for so long,

Trying to carry everything.

Trying to keep everybody happy,

Trying to be what they need me to be.

But tonight I’m pulling over,

I ain’t giving up the fight.

I just need a little breathing room,

I just need a little time.

Bridge

Just a quiet spot on the road,

Put your steel-toes down and breathe.

Let the whole world keep rushing by,

We ain’t chasing the same dirt.

Chorus

Don’t have to be a hero,

Don’t have to have the answers.

Don’t have to know it all,

Don’t have to make them happy no more.

Just be you,

Do you.

Verse 2

Just want my own time back,

Even when life becomes something you can’t get back.

Life’s answer is out there somewhere,

Waiting down a road I haven’t found yet.

Chorus

Don’t have to be a hero,

Don’t have to have the answers.

Don’t have to know it all,

Don’t have to make them happy no more.

Just be you,

Do you.

Verse 3

If you hear these words,

Don’t pretend they came from nowhere.

Life’s answers come by learning

To be quiet and steady.

Somewhere down that road,

Those answers are waiting, ready.

Maybe I don’t need to know where it goes,

Maybe I just need to take it slow.

Final Chorus

Don’t have to be a hero,

Don’t have to have the answers.

Don’t have to know it all,

Don’t have to make them happy no more.

Just be you,

Do you.

Close

Life’s answer is out there somewhere,

All you need is time

To sit on the side of the road.

Put your steel-toes down and breathe.

Let the whole world keep rushing by.

We ain’t chasing the same dirt.

Just be you…

Do you.