A man sticks his fingers inside of his mouth   The words are stuck in there   He fishes them out   Whispers and mumbles, statements and verse, curses and love songs   For nobody else      Man takes a pencil and puts down his thoughts   The old human highway from Eden to Nod   Brothers and sisters, husbands and wives, strangers and cripples    In love with their lives      How they dance    In a trance    Where the river bends    Here we go,    Don't you know   That it never ends   Some who ride   Some who slide   Everyone you know   Travels on    That great western road       How they laugh   Raise a glass   Take a bottle down    Any face any place    In this northern town   Dragging on    ………………………………………   Travel on   That great western road      Man goes to show world   And dreams of the stars   He leans to the left   He leans to the north   He learns to be humble   He learns from the trees   And all of God's creatures   To him they would speak   Saying wake up my little lambs   Wake up it's time to begin   Wake up it's all that you are   Wake up and it's not very far      Beggar-man soldier-man beggar-man and thief   Some are young   Some are old   And some on their knees   Broken legs broken nose   Swaying to and fro   As they walk   The great western road      Every snake   Every bird   Every creeping thing   Like a knife   In the night    I see her again   Blessed heart   Blessed word   Blessed skin and bones    All along    That great western road