Youve long been on the open road

Youve been sleepin in the rain

From dirty words and muddy cells

Youre clothes are soiled and stained

But the dirty words, the mud of cells

Will soon be judged insane

So only stop and rest yourself

And youll be off again



Oh take off your thirsty boots

And stay for awhile

Your feet are hard and weary

From a dusty mile

And maybe I can make you laugh

And maybe I can try

Lookin for the evening

And the morning in your eyes



Then tell me of the ones you saw

As far as you could see

Across the plains from field to town

Marchin to be free

And of the rusted prison gates

That tumbled by degree

Like laughing children one by one

They look like you and me



So take off your thirsty boots

And stay for awhile

Your feet are hard and weary

From a dusty mile

And maybe I can make you laugh

And maybe I can try

Just lookin for the evening

And the morning in your eyes



I know you are no stranger now

A crooked rainbow trail

From dancing cliffheads shattered sills

To slander shackled jails

Where the voices drift up from below

Its walls are being scaled

Yes, all of this, and more my friend

Your song shall not be failed