Telegraph Road Lyrics
| Song | Telegraph Road |
| Artist | Dire Straits |
| Album | The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler |
| Download | Image LRC TXT |
| [02:19.419] | A long time ago came a man on a track |
| [02:23.669] | Walking thirty miles with a sac on his back |
| [02:27.679] | And he put down his load where he thought it was the best |
| [02:33.990] | And he made a home in the wilderness |
| [02:37.469] | He built a cabin and a winter store |
| [02:41.849] | And he ploughed up the ground by the cold lake shore |
| [02:46.199] | And the other travellers came riding down the track |
| [02:49.918] | And they never went further and they never went back |
| [02:56.199] | Then came the churches then came the schools |
| [03:00.190] | Then came the lawyers then came the rules |
| [03:04.199] | Then came the trains and trucks with their loads |
| [03:08.390] | And the dirty old track was the telegraph road |
| [03:36.478] | Then came the mines - then came the ore |
| [03:40.949] | Then there was the hard times then there was a war |
| [03:44.989] | Telegraph sang a song about the world outside |
| [03:48.969] | Telegraph road got so deep and so wide |
| [03:54.418] | Like a rolling river ... |
| [05:03.609] | And my radio says tonight it's gonna freeze |
| [05:08.650] | People driving from the factories |
| [05:11.679] | There's six lanes of traffic |
| [05:15.800] | Three lanes moving slow ... |
| [07:19.210] | I used to like to go to work but they shut it down |
| [07:22.599] | I've got a right to go to work but there's no work here to be found |
| [07:26.460] | Yes and they say we're gonna have to pay what's owed |
| [07:30.999] | We're gonna have to reap from some seed that's been sowed |
| [07:37.450] | And the birds up on the wires and the telegraph poles |
| [07:41.799] | They can always run away from this rain and this cold |
| [07:45.469] | You can hear them singing out their telegraph code |
| [07:49.900] | All the way down the telegraph road |
| [08:26.650] | You know I'd sooner forget but I remember those nights |
| [08:30.400] | When life was just a bet on race between the light |
| [08:34.789] | You had your head on my shoulder you had your hand in my hair |
| [08:38.297] | Now you act a little colder like you don't seem care ... |
| [08:43.837] | But believe in me baby and I'll take you away |
| [08:49.700] | From out of this darkness and into the day |
| [08:51.867] | From these rivers of headlights these river of rain |
| [08:56.770] | From the anger that lives on the streets with these names |
| [08:59.867] | 'cos I've run every rod light on memory lane |
| [09:03.977] | I've seen desperation explode into flames |
| [09:08.897] | And I don't want to see it again ... |
| [09:16.279] | From all of these signs saying sorry but we're closed |
| [09:20.917] | All the way............... |
| [09:35.937] | down the telegraph road................................. |
| [02:19.419] | A long time ago came a man on a track |
| [02:23.669] | Walking thirty miles with a sac on his back |
| [02:27.679] | And he put down his load where he thought it was the best |
| [02:33.990] | And he made a home in the wilderness |
| [02:37.469] | He built a cabin and a winter store |
| [02:41.849] | And he ploughed up the ground by the cold lake shore |
| [02:46.199] | And the other travellers came riding down the track |
| [02:49.918] | And they never went further and they never went back |
| [02:56.199] | Then came the churches then came the schools |
| [03:00.190] | Then came the lawyers then came the rules |
| [03:04.199] | Then came the trains and trucks with their loads |
| [03:08.390] | And the dirty old track was the telegraph road |
| [03:36.478] | Then came the mines then came the ore |
| [03:40.949] | Then there was the hard times then there was a war |
| [03:44.989] | Telegraph sang a song about the world outside |
| [03:48.969] | Telegraph road got so deep and so wide |
| [03:54.418] | Like a rolling river ... |
| [05:03.609] | And my radio says tonight it' s gonna freeze |
| [05:08.650] | People driving from the factories |
| [05:11.679] | There' s six lanes of traffic |
| [05:15.800] | Three lanes moving slow ... |
| [07:19.210] | I used to like to go to work but they shut it down |
| [07:22.599] | I' ve got a right to go to work but there' s no work here to be found |
| [07:26.460] | Yes and they say we' re gonna have to pay what' s owed |
| [07:30.999] | We' re gonna have to reap from some seed that' s been sowed |
| [07:37.450] | And the birds up on the wires and the telegraph poles |
| [07:41.799] | They can always run away from this rain and this cold |
| [07:45.469] | You can hear them singing out their telegraph code |
| [07:49.900] | All the way down the telegraph road |
| [08:26.650] | You know I' d sooner forget but I remember those nights |
| [08:30.400] | When life was just a bet on race between the light |
| [08:34.789] | You had your head on my shoulder you had your hand in my hair |
| [08:38.297] | Now you act a little colder like you don' t seem care ... |
| [08:43.837] | But believe in me baby and I' ll take you away |
| [08:49.700] | From out of this darkness and into the day |
| [08:51.867] | From these rivers of headlights these river of rain |
| [08:56.770] | From the anger that lives on the streets with these names |
| [08:59.867] | ' cos I' ve run every rod light on memory lane |
| [09:03.977] | I' ve seen desperation explode into flames |
| [09:08.897] | And I don' t want to see it again ... |
| [09:16.279] | From all of these signs saying sorry but we' re closed |
| [09:20.917] | All the way............... |
| [09:35.937] | down the telegraph road................................. |
| [02:19.419] | A long time ago came a man on a track |
| [02:23.669] | Walking thirty miles with a sac on his back |
| [02:27.679] | And he put down his load where he thought it was the best |
| [02:33.990] | And he made a home in the wilderness |
| [02:37.469] | He built a cabin and a winter store |
| [02:41.849] | And he ploughed up the ground by the cold lake shore |
| [02:46.199] | And the other travellers came riding down the track |
| [02:49.918] | And they never went further and they never went back |
| [02:56.199] | Then came the churches then came the schools |
| [03:00.190] | Then came the lawyers then came the rules |
| [03:04.199] | Then came the trains and trucks with their loads |
| [03:08.390] | And the dirty old track was the telegraph road |
| [03:36.478] | Then came the mines then came the ore |
| [03:40.949] | Then there was the hard times then there was a war |
| [03:44.989] | Telegraph sang a song about the world outside |
| [03:48.969] | Telegraph road got so deep and so wide |
| [03:54.418] | Like a rolling river ... |
| [05:03.609] | And my radio says tonight it' s gonna freeze |
| [05:08.650] | People driving from the factories |
| [05:11.679] | There' s six lanes of traffic |
| [05:15.800] | Three lanes moving slow ... |
| [07:19.210] | I used to like to go to work but they shut it down |
| [07:22.599] | I' ve got a right to go to work but there' s no work here to be found |
| [07:26.460] | Yes and they say we' re gonna have to pay what' s owed |
| [07:30.999] | We' re gonna have to reap from some seed that' s been sowed |
| [07:37.450] | And the birds up on the wires and the telegraph poles |
| [07:41.799] | They can always run away from this rain and this cold |
| [07:45.469] | You can hear them singing out their telegraph code |
| [07:49.900] | All the way down the telegraph road |
| [08:26.650] | You know I' d sooner forget but I remember those nights |
| [08:30.400] | When life was just a bet on race between the light |
| [08:34.789] | You had your head on my shoulder you had your hand in my hair |
| [08:38.297] | Now you act a little colder like you don' t seem care ... |
| [08:43.837] | But believe in me baby and I' ll take you away |
| [08:49.700] | From out of this darkness and into the day |
| [08:51.867] | From these rivers of headlights these river of rain |
| [08:56.770] | From the anger that lives on the streets with these names |
| [08:59.867] | ' cos I' ve run every rod light on memory lane |
| [09:03.977] | I' ve seen desperation explode into flames |
| [09:08.897] | And I don' t want to see it again ... |
| [09:16.279] | From all of these signs saying sorry but we' re closed |
| [09:20.917] | All the way............... |
| [09:35.937] | down the telegraph road................................. |
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