down the road by the way

well

it's down the road and up the hill and just around the bend

pick 'em and put 'em down and pick 'em up again

and it sets me into wonderin' what it's really all about

fightin' for the things we know we'll always be without

down the road by the way

where the laughin' waters play

'cross the ribbon-wavin' sand

we go walkin' hand in hand

nothin' old and nothin' new

nothin' special there to do

in those good old yesterdays

down the road by the way

well

it's light and lovely brenda comin' cool across the waves

floatin' over rows she helped me hoe in yesterdays

and it's me whose thirsty now for all that sweet milk gone to waste

somewhere on the road of no returnin' yesterdays

well

it's down the road and up the hill and just about the bend

pick 'em and put 'em down and pick 'em up again

and it sets me into wonderin' what it's really all about

fightin' for the things we know we'll always be without