When I was a little boy

They would say to me

Don't go in the world and play

It's bad company



All they had was child and faith

Let him grow and let him wait

Just to find out what it was to be free



But now I'm over twenty one

Growing up I've had my fun

And I know it's got to be



Baby lying in a womb

Are you free or in a tomb

Let me in,

I feel I want to cry.



Oh the road is long

Oh the road is long

Come on back, back.



Wash your hands and up to bed

Mind your manners

Or you're dead

Mind the cars cos you've got school on Monday



Put my trust in God

Who is he I know not what

Something mummy said one Sunday.



Maybe love is life but life is not

It's something I need plenty of.

Oh! I wish I'd died and never lived a day.



Now there's no one near me now

Tell me what to do and how

Take me back and sing my cares away.



Take me let me sing my cares away

Oh! the road is there

Oh that road is there

Come on back, back.



Oh! I'm empty now

Rainy pain has left me now.

Think of what my people used to say.



Black is black and white is white

Which to choose and which is right

Guide me to a place where I can stay.



Wrap me up and keep me warm

Hide myself far from the storm

Sleep and love will keep my mind at rest.



Only now I realise what my parents had to try.

Love you all and keep you all my life.



Oh that road is there

Oh the road is there

Come on back, back