Down The Dusty Road Of Heartbreak

10 weeks ago by @jerrypettit

Liner Notes

I'm going to be pretty much alternating pop and country songs, I guess. This is the first country effort. Once again, it starts with a Title and then...sometimes it goes somewhere. :-)

Lyrics

DOWN THE DUSTY ROAD OF HEARTBREAK

Words & Music
By
Jerry Pettit
Facebook.com/JerryPettitMusic

I'm shufflin' down this lonely road,
the sun is setting low,
Footsteps echo tales of old,
where all the lost hearts go.
In the wind that keeps a'blowing,
parched lips whisper your sweet name,
DOWN THE DUSTY ROAD OF HEARTBREAK,
I'm walking through my pain.

CHORUS:
DOWN THE DUSTY ROAD OF HEARTBREAK,
trees on each side giving shade,
I'm just a wandering troubadour,
I sing of love betrayed.
With every step, I taste the salt
of the tears I've come to know,
DOWN THE DUSTY ROAD OF HEARTBREAK,
where only broken hearts go.

Once we danced under the moonlight,
stars as our chandelier,
Your laughter was the sweetest tune,
whispering in my ear.
Now the night is but a shroud,
hiding your warm glow,
DOWN THE DUSTY ROAD OF HEARTBREAK,
with nothing left to show.

CHORUS:
DOWN THE DUSTY ROAD OF HEARTBREAK,
trees on each side giving shade,
I'm just a wandering troubadour,
I sing of love betrayed.
With every step, I taste the salt
of the tears I've come to know,
DOWN THE DUSTY ROAD OF HEARTBREAK,
where only broken hearts go.

These old boots, worn and tired,
scuffing against all my regrets,
The echoes of our love expired,
are all that this heart gets.
The path is long, the journey rough,
and burdened by the weight,
Of the love that wasn't strong enough,
and it's getting oh so late.

So here I am, my darling,
lost in this twilight haze,
DOWN THE DUSTY ROAD OF HEARTBREAK,
where love's lost in a maze.
I'm just a shadow in the sun,
with no place left to go,
DOWN THE DUSTY ROAD OF HEARTBREAK,
where only broken hearts go.

CHORUS:
DOWN THE DUSTY ROAD OF HEARTBREAK,
trees on each side giving shade,
I'm just a wandering troubadour,
I sing of love betrayed.
With every step, I taste the salt
of the tears I've come to know,
DOWN THE DUSTY ROAD OF HEARTBREAK,
where only broken hearts go.

© 2024, Jerry Pettit

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