Final version of Loving on the Road

I finally finished the song 'Loving on the Road' and here is the final version of the lyrics.



When I first went on the road
It was exciting it was fun
Loneliness not invited in
We were quite the rowdy ones
On the road I saw many towns
But it’s not new, the thrill is gone

Don't hate me, don't hate me
I was always true
But when it comes to loving on the road
I will still want you

Never saw a pretty face
To match you, could not match you
Your voice lingers on my mind
You're with me, you’re still with me
I don't know how I could go on
You were always the strong one

I slip back to my hotel room
Look out the window, pretend to see you
I don’t notice the night has gone by
I don’t notice it’s dawn...
It’s dawn

It’s dawn and I’m on the road again
Another day another town
It clings to me with many miles
It pulls me down, I will not go down
Soon I will be heading home
I am such the lucky one

Please love me, please love me
I was always true
When it comes to loving on the road
I will still want you


This version just has some lyrics tweaks from the last version I discussed. The first one is with the lines


I don't know how I could go on
You were always the strong one

Which was previously

I don't know how I could go on
Without you, I need you

The original intention of those two lines was to repeat the pattern set by the other line pairs in the verse. In the other line pairs in that verse, the second line repeats a phrase ( To match you, could not match you - You're with me, you’re still with me). That might have worked better if I could continue that through the song but I wanted a common tie throughout the entire song not just that verse so I changed that line. The replacement line although not lyrically similar to lines in the first and third verse, has a similar cadence to those lines. Here are the three lines that are tied together

We were quite the rowdy ones
You were always the strong one
I am such the lucky one

It might not seem like these lines have anything in common but when you listen to the song you will (hopefully) hear the similarity.

The second change was because of an oops moment in the previous lyrics for the third verse. Those were

It's dawn and I am off again
Another day, another town
Soon I will be heading home
I am such the lucky one

As you can see, this verse only has two line pairs and the others has three. So I needed to write two more lines for this verse. I had this thought of the wariness of being on the road sticking to the person in the song. That eventually became the lines

It clings to me with many miles
It pulls me down, I will not go down

The only problem is that this line made no sense within the rest of the lyrics of the third verse. The thing that is clinging is the road but that is not in any of the other lyrics. So I changed the first line from 'It's dawn and I am off again' to 'It’s dawn and I’m on the road again' and then it made sense.

Here is the recording of the final version of the song

Loving on the Road by rdlipps

Enjoy,

-ron-