By Richard Starkey, Johnny Warman and Gary Grainger
I WOKE UP FROM A BAD DREAM
TO THE HOWLING OF A LONELY NIGHT.
BUT THE WALLS COME CLOSING IN
LIKE THE VICTIM OF A ONE-WAY FIGHT.
I DON`T REMEMBER MANY YESTERDAYS,
I LEFT A LOT OF THINGS UNDONE,
NOW I`M BACK AND I`M HERE TO SAY
I`M LOOKING AFTER NUMBER ONE.
DON`T GO, DON`T GO WHERE THE ROAD DON`T GO,
DON`T GO, DON`T GO WHERE THE ROAD DON`T GO.
SEEING PEOPLE ON THE FREEWAY,
TAKES ME BACK TO WHERE I STARTED FROM.
I WAS RIDING ON THE BIG WHEEL,
I WAS WALKING IN A MIDNIGHT SUN.
WELL, I DID A LOT OF FAVOURS THEN,
I ASKED FOR NOTHING IN RETURN.
NOW THOSE FRIENDS HAVE ALL DISAPPEARED,
I GUESS THERE`S STILL SO MUCH TO LEARN.
DON`T GO, DON`T GO WHERE THE ROAD DON`T GO,
DON`T GO, DON`T GO WHERE THE ROAD DON`T GO.
DON`T GO, DON`T YOU GO WHERE THE ROAD DON`T GO.
`CAUSE YOU`LL NEVER RUN, YOU`LL NEVER OUTRUN THE GUN.
WELL, I SAID IT DON`T COME EASY.
WELL, I SURE KNOW HOW IT FEELS.
DON`T GO, DON`T GO WHERE THE ROAD DON`T GO,
DON`T GO, DON`T GO WHERE THE ROAD DON`T GO.
DON`T GO, DON`T GO WHERE THE ROAD DON`T GO,
DON`T GO, DON`T GO WHERE THE ROAD DON`T GO.
DON`T GO, DON`T YOU GO WHERE THE ROAD DON`T GO.
`CAUSE YOU`LL NEVER RUN, YOU`LL NEVER OUTRUN THE GUN.
DON`T GO, DON`T GO WHERE THE ROAD DON`T GO,
DON`T GO, DON`T GO WHERE THE ROAD DON`T GO.
DON`T GO, DON`T YOU GO WHERE THE ROAD DON`T GO.