A long time ago came a man on a track
walking thirty miles with a sack on his back
and he put down his load where he thought it was the best
he made a home in the wilderness
he built a cabin and a winter store
and he plowed up the ground by the cold lake shore
and the other travellers came walking down the track
and they never went further and they never went back
then came the churches then came the schools
then came the lawyers and the came the rules
the came the trains and the trucks with their loads
and the dirty old track was the telegraph road
Then came the mines - then came the ore
then there was the hard times, then there was a war
telegraph sang a song about the world outside
telegraph road got so deep and so wide
like a rolling river...
And my radio says tonight itand's gonna freeze
people driving home from the factories
thereand's six lane of traffic
three lanes moving slow...
*instrumental solo*
I used to like to go to work but they shut it down
iand've got a right to go to work but thereand's no work here to be found
yes and they say weand're gonna have to pay whatand's owed
weand're gonna have to reap from some seed thatand's been sowed
and the birds up on the wires and the telegraph poles
they can always fly away from this rain and this cold
you can hear them singing out their telegraph code
all the way down the telegraph road
You know iand'd sooner forget but i remember those nights
when life was just a bet on a race between the lights
you had your head on my shoulder you had your hand in my hair
now you act a little colder like you donand't seem to care...
but believe in me baby and iand'll take you away
from out of this darkness and into the day
from these rivers of headlights, these rivers of rain
from the anger that lives on the streets with these names
and'cos iand've run every red light on memory lane
iand've seen desperation explode into flames
and i donand't wanna see it again...
From all of these signs saying sorry but weand're closed
all the way...
down the telegraph road
*instrumentation to fade out*
