Old Roads - "Any Road Will Take You There"

Old, abandoned roads have always held my interest. I like to imagine what was there, if anything, before the new road came in to pass it by. This is International Drive,in Statesville, just past the barrier which separates it from the existing road. I was looking for a different road, which is visible from Interstate 77, but no one seems to be able to remember how to get there! So, I'm going to keep looking for it. It's my current "El Dorado". But while I was walking, I was thinking of this song by George Harrison, which was recorded live on MTV sometime in the late '90's. I thought I'd share it with you here while I continue to look for the other road.



"Any Road Will Take You There" by George Harrison

But I've been traveling on a boat and a plane,
In a car on a bike with a bus and a train.
Traveling there, traveling here,
Everywhere, in every gear.

But oh Lord, we pay the price.
With the spin of the wheel, with the roll of the dice.
Ah yeah you pay your fare,
And if you don't know where you're going
Any road will take you there.

And I've been traveling through the dirt and the grime,
From the past to the future through the space and the time.
Traveling deep beneath the waves,
In watery grottoes and mountainous caves.

But oh Lord we've got to fight,
With the thoughts in the head, with the dark and the light.
No use to stop and stare,
And if you don't know where you're going
Any road will take you there.

You may not know where you came from,
May not know who you are,
May not have even wondered,
How you got this far.

I've been traveling on a wing and a prayer,
By the skin of my teeth, by the breadth of a hair.
Traveling where the four winds blow,
With the sun on my face, in the ice and the snow.

But oooeeee it's a game,
Sometimes you're cool, sometimes you're lame.
Ah yeah it's somewhere,
And if you don't know where you're going
Any road will take you there.

But oh Lord we pay the price,
With the spin of the wheel with the roll of the dice.
Ah yeah you pay your fare,
And if you don't know where you're going
Any road will take you there.

I keep traveling around the bend,
There was no beginning, there is no end.
It wasn't born and never dies,
There are no edges, there is no sides.

Oh yeah you just don't win,
It's so far out, the way out is in.
Bow to God and call him Sir,
But if you don't know where you're going
Any road will take you there.
And if you don't know where you're going
Any road will take you there.
If you don't know where you're going
Any road will take you there.