Kinks - Life On The Road Lyrics
Ever since I was a child,I loved to wander wildThrough the bright city lights,And find myself a life I could call my own.It was always my ambitionTo see piccadilly,Ramble and roam around sohoAnd pimlico and savile row,And walk down the abbey road.So I saved all my moneyAnd packed up my clothes,And I said good-bye to my friendsAnd my folks back home.And I left for a life of my own.I left for a life on the road.Im a real hungry tyke,And I know what I like.And I know where Im goin:To those bright city lights.Oh yeah, oh yeah,This time Im gonna get there.Im bound for a life on the road.Give me life on the road.I said life on the road.When I arrived in euston,I was little more than a child.And I didnt know thenThat the dives and the densWould be so vulgar and wicked and wild.Mama always told meThe city ladies were bawdy and bold.And so I searched night and dayTo catch a kissable lady,But all that I caught was a cold,cause those stuck-up city ladiesDidnt notice me walk by.Now Ive got holes in my shoescause Ive been walkin the streets all night.And Im livin the life that I chose.Livin my life on the road.I said life on the road.I want life on the road.Life on the road.I was standing with the punks in praed street,When a muscle man came my way.He said, hey, are you gay?Can you come out and play?And like a fool, I went and said, o.k.Ever since I was knee high,I thought the city was paved with gold.But Ive seen so many losersAnd down and out boozersWho were tired of bein bought and sold.City women are a tease,But Id really love to please.Now Ive got blood shot eyescause Ive been walkin the streets all night.And it sure knocks you out on the road.And Im livin my life on the road.I said life on the road.Life on the road.I want life on the road.One of these days,I wanna go home,Visit my friends,And see all the places that I used to know,And say good-bye to a world thats too real;Good-bye to a world thats forgotten how to feel.And its slowly usin me,And theres no security.Sometimes I hate the road,But its the only life I know.But Im livin the life that I chose,So Ill live out my life on the road.Give me life on the road.I said life on the road.(repeat)
