AN APPLE SEED SOWN BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD
A HAPPY FAMILY IN THE FOREST OF GOLD
THIS FADED COLOUR PHOTO FROM LONG AGO
WE DROVE ALL DAY HEADING FOR THE SUN
AND ONCE IN A WHILE THESE MEMORIES COME
BUT FEWER AND FAR BETWEEN AS TIME GOES ON
REMIND ME WHERE I'M FROM
WHERE I'M MEANT TO BE HEADING
UNTIL THEN I'LL WAIT BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD
WHERE ONCE WE'D HAVE TAKEN PRECIOUS TIME
NOW CITIES AND TOWNS GO RUSHING BY
IT FEELS LIKE A METAPHOR FOR OUR LIVES
NO LONGER THE LONELY WESTBOUND ROAD
CASCADING DOWN THROUGH THE FOREST OF GOLD
THIS SIX-LANE ROLLING RIVER FLOWING ON AND ON.....
REMIND ME WHERE I'M FROM
AND
WHERE I'M MEANT TO BE HEADING
THEN I'LL WAIT BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD
THE APPLE TREE'S GROWN BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD
FROM THE SEED THAT WAS PLANTED SO LONG AGO
WE WATCH THE DANCING, FALLING LEAVES
CARRIED AWAY ON THE AUTUMN BREEZE
LIKE THE LOVED ONES THAT WE'VE LOST BY THE WAYSIDE
WHO REMIND ME WHERE I'M FROM
AND WHERE I'M MEANT TO BE HEADING
AND I'LL MEET YOU THERE AT THE END OF THE ROAD.....
