Lyrics: Robert Hunter
Music: Robert Hunter
Dry dusty road
Dry dusty road
Brother, won't you carry me along
This dry dusty road
Children shallying
Playing in the morning sun
Spike-heeled lady
Running through the burying ground
You set my soul on fire
You set me on my own
Broke-down car but the wheels still roll
Down the dry, dry dusty road
Stuck inside a tunnel
Beset with diamond lies
Wings of night enclosing
Like a long, long night without a dawning
Being bent on ruin
I tried to sell my name
All that I got for it
Was one good look at flame
Drive, drive dusty road
Dry dusty road
Oh brother, let me carry you along
This dry dusty road
In that flame I saw a face
I've never seen before
If they ask me why, I know
Just who I done this for
No one else to come to
Not much else I know
Not much else I'm good for
Lay away my lady-o
You set my soul on fire
You set me on my own
Broke-down car but the wheels still roll
Down the dry, dry dusty road
Dry dusty road
Dry, dry
Dry dusty road
Dry dusty road
Dry dusty road
Robert Hunter Recordings | |||||
Date | Album | Recorded By | |||
1974 | Tales Of The Great Rum Runners | Robert Hunter | |||
Covers By Other Artists | |||||
Date | Album | Recorded By | |||
2002 | No Going Back | Ann McBeth |