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The Woodband was in "the van" driving to a gig in LA from Phoenix. We actually saw this guy in the middle of nowhere. The rest is history.

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Roadman
words & music david shepherd grossman ã2002
Nothing there but desert ground
Riding roads town to town
Saw him and spun around
Hollow eyes say, “Keep moving.”

Standing still outside nowhere
He must be hiding - must have done some deed
Hundred miles in all directions
Nothing but road and desert to see

Sifting dirt though his fingers
Watch it fall into a baseball cap
Staring hard into the silence
Once you go you can’t come back

(Chorus)
Roadman sitting down
A hundred miles from any town
Roadman wondering round
The unpaved land
The barren ground

Star filled skies lift the spirit
Road kill keeps the body fed
Some folks say these roads are haunted
By the living and the dead

Clinging to the back top pavement
Like a blanket in the cold
Midnight trucks are bound to wake you
On their way to where they go

Pressure – gone forever
Bushman of the western world
Asphalt river, billboard tree
Exit off your memories

(Chorus)

Plain as darkness
Nothing matters
To feel worse
You first must feel

Boulder blanket
Pebble pillow
Where can the Roadman heal?
On the crossroad….On the crossroad…On The Cross Roadman. – Chorus.

credits

from The Woodband 11 song live set, released July 21, 2014
Acoustic Guitar and Backing Vocals: Jason Montero. Sax: Terry Anderson, Congas: Joe Frost, Guitar and Vocals: David Shepherd Grossman

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