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Following the footstepsThat you gave me, I walked out alone,Highway stretching out in front of meThere I saw the billboardsAnd the smoke from the refineryWhere the open sky had used to bePassing through the small townsWith their clapboard houses beaten downI could hear the distant church bell ringThere, beneath the maple treesIt all comes rushing back to meA simple thing forgotten long agoLong agoLong agoI heard those bells toll.I walk aloneI am on a lonely roadI walk aloneJust see the roadside flowers, look how they have grownI have been in cities whereThe multitudes enveloped meSongtexteStations and the depots felt so coldLooked up at the city spires,They couldn't build them any higher,A giant's teeth were clenched around my soulI walked along the riversideTo watch the changing of the tidesTryin' to find some treasure in this placeThen my eyes were opened wideWhen I saw the blood-red tideAnd the black cloud hanging over meOver meOver meHanging over meI walk aloneI am on the lonely roadI walk aloneTo see the roadside flowers, look how they have grownHey, heyUphill the road of factoriesReminding me of battlefieldsWhere our brightest promises were lostOvercome by fire and steel,Groaning for humanity,A thousand voices drowning in that roadWhile, this is Mr. Harriman -He built his stakes on railroad blood,Rolling in his comforts and his spoilsWith the wind, we headed westTaking little time restFelt the prairies burning under meUnder meUnder meBurning under meI walk aloneI am on a lonely roadI walk aloneJust see the roadside flowers, look how they have grownI walk aloneI am on a lonely roadI walk aloneTo see the roadside flowers, look how they have grownYeah (I am on a lonely road)[repeat chorus] Aus Songtexte Mania