TEN MILES DOWN THE ROAD

Words and tune byZan

I feel you near me, summoned by your song,
The air grows dark with anger, thick with ancient wrong.
I have to keep on singing, though my heart turns cold.
You have more power than I can hold.

CHORUS
What is the meaning, what does it forebode,
When legends come a-calling--ten miles down the road?

This song is dangerous, these words have teeth and claws,
This tune can break the bounds, annul the ancient laws.
I have to keep on singing, take it to the end,
But you'll not conquer me, my friend.

CHORUS

Let me live, my story is not done,
I yearn to walk again, to feel the warming sun.
A trifling matter of revenge is all that keeps me hanging on.
Lend me your body, and before you know it, I'll be gone...

I will not yield, you cannot use my mind.
You have no place here now, these folk are not your kind.
Your long-dead quarrel is a tale to frighten children into bed.
You are not welcome here--
GET OUT OF MY HEAD!

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The song is over, I bow and leave the stage,
No longer menaced by the ghost of ancient rage.
Your spirit, freed in song, moves on along the Way	
I live to fight another day...

FINAL CHORUS
I closed a gate today, I bore the extra load.
But other gates are waiting--ten miles down the road.

(Repeat original CHORUS)