By The Handles

from The Long Road by Kevin Neidig

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Stones shuffle round at the bottom of my feet
You know it’s more work than walkin’ on the street
Long steel rail saying where I should go
Where I end up I don't wanna know

My clothes are worn out my shoes are worn through
When you got no helping friends what else you gonna do
Will this ol’ rocky road lead me to greener fields?
Where there’s no money worries and “that’s no big deal”

I’ve taken life by the handles
And I stepped outside and began with a grin
With my face held high
When the sun's settin' low
I’ll take on the world in the morning

There’s a nice cool breeze when the train passes by
But the dust flies up and gets into my eyes
This big tall oak’s where I’ll rest my chin
When I wake up that’s where I’ll begin

I’ve taken life by the handles
And I stepped outside and began with a grin
With my face held high,
When the sun's settin' low
I’ll take on the world in the morning

Cars speed under the overpass
I’ll lie down when I find a good patch of grass
Like a bird I’m free to do as I please
I pay no mind to the mud and the dirt
and the holes that show my knees

I’ve taken life by the handles
And I stepped outside and began with a grin
With my face held high,
When the sun's settin' low
I’ll take on the world in the morning

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from The Long Road, released May 5, 2018

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