Nidderdale/Backroads - Magna Carta

Backroads winding over the hill

all those warm open faces,

smiled a welcome and goodbye

I hold you here in my heart,

lady with your Mona Lisa smile

your body filled my senses, like the heavens fill the sky

and I was born to know you without ever knowing why

down the backroads,

honey, down the backroads

the backroads of my life.

Zapped out on nothing

nothing left to blame

fate is a stranger,

sometimes calls your name.

and I lost me a fortune

but I got diamonds in my hand

I hear your voice in the night,

see the trees throwing patterns on your skin

I took a road to somewhere, but I guess I lost my way

for the best of good intentions, I was coming back one day

down the backroads

honey, down the backroads

the backroads of my life.

Best friends were strangers

Lord I broke the rules

broke a hundred miles of hearts,

Lord I played the fool

now it’s a strange consolation

when you think you got it made

I’ve journeyed to the anvils of the sun

frozen in the bitter arctic winds

when forgotten friends and memories, come tugging at my sleeve

you get the urge for going then you wonder why you leave

down the backroads

honey, down the backroads

the backroads of my life.

Freight train to nowhere

coasting down the plane

I was hitching on a highway

now there’s singing in the wires

and I’m so lonesome I could cry

I hold you here in my heart,

lady with your Mona Lisa smile

your body filled my senses,

like the heavens fill the sky

and I was born to know you,

without ever knowing why

down the backroads,

honey, down the backroads

the backroads of my life.