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The road was the color of the roadand the sky was the color of the skyAnd the heat was the breath of your kisswhen you waited far too long to sighYour stories were just storiesYour love not even thatThough you knew of my past glorieswhen I could win a heart when I tipped my hatYour beauty was just beautythough many men were sparedAnd like the others you saw through meBut I always came preparedThere were drops of white on a southern dawnthat made the cotton look so realBut there was nothing upon nothingon that long road to MobileYou held me close on your back porchbut I've been held beforeWhere rich girls knew what silence wasand what a kiss was forYou promised me undying loveas the sun broke through the treesYou promised me the stars aboveas you fell to your kneesSongtexteWell, a promise is a promisewhen you cannot fake the lieWhen you give your heart in the morning lightthere's no Sunday goodbyeBut the world always begins anewwhen the summer church bells pealAnd there was nothing upon nothingon that long road to MobileJesus lived and Jesus diedand it was just to make you sweetAnd they nailed him down and Mary cried,"All love is incomplete."Still I believe the soldierwho gambled big that dayWho traded clothes for a crown of thornsto guide him on his way"A crown of thorns," his wife scoffed"That's all you've brought today.You've just returned with a crown of thornsand you call it a day's pay?"A crown is just a crownand a deal is just a dealAnd there was nothing upon nothingon that long road to MobileAlabama turns it backwhen the air's too thick to breatheAnd there was no air in that shotgun shackwhen I knew I should leaveI'll leave alone the way I cameas the maid undoes your staysI had a race I thought was runbut now I see it goes two waysA destination holds no goldIt's all in the journeySo leaving and returning now It's all the same to meWhen the sun burns every seed you plantYou cannot sell the yieldAnd there was nothing upon nothingon that long road to Mobile Aus Songtexte Mania