That Lonesome Road

Lyrics

Words and Music by James Taylor and Don Grolnick

Walk down that lonesome road
All by yourself.

Don’t turn your head
Back over your shoulder.

And only stop to rest yourself
When the silver moon
Is shining high
Above the trees.

If I had stopped to listen once or twice
If I had closed my mouth and opened my eyes
If I had cooled my head and warmed my heart
I’d not be on this road tonight.

Never run feeling sorry for yourself.
It doesn’t save you from your troubled mind.

Walk down that lonesome road
All by yourself.

Don’t turn your head
Back over your shoulder.

And only stop to rest yourself
When the silver moon
Is shining high
Above the trees.