Be Kind to the Boy on the Road - Billy Bragg, Wilco

Who is that boy on the white winding highway?

Why does he roam alone?

Is he looking for life on that white winding highway?

For his parents dealt him trouble at home

You might think he’s wrong standing there on that highway

O' what a foolish young lad!

But you yourself might be standing on that highway

If you’d had his troubles on your hands

Don’t point your finger at that boy on the highway

As you travel down this road!

Either give him your help or pass him with kindness

Cause he’s got all the trouble that he wants!

Your policeman discourages that boy on the highway

It’s heard everywhere that he goes!

But the best way to help that boy on the highway

Is to fix all your troubles there at home!

I’ve heard it said 'bout rolling stone boys

They gather no moss in their life?

I’ll tell you the bee that gets the honey

Ain’t the bee that hands around the hive

Oh be kind to that boy on that white winding highway

As you travel on there alone

Remember the men that wrote your Bible

Are the men who gave up their homes!