Lyrics: Allan Taylor
Music: Jacob Dinesen
I can't prove from then on
On a road to who knows where
Where they keep guitar and crazy dreams
I didn't ever care
I bust my way across you
Made me sing in the street cafés
I sleep anywhere, I could lay my head
I move on through the days
verse
From a downtown bars, brothels
'Til the red lights vanished in them
Sold my soul to late night drinkers
No one gave a damn
Singing overdose, loving came for free
Times were tough but I toughed it out
The girls took pity on me
chorus
The road is straight and the road is true
It'll break you if it can
Don't try to understand
Fate can play the joker's hand
verse
I learned it in a handbook
Somewhere on the river bond
I went to bought a jacket out
And that's when I met the man
He was singing from the corner
And playing a low guitar
That's when I started thinking
"What you're doing in this lousy bar?"
verse
Come on, take a lot of sun
Sit with me a while
I can see it in your tired eyes
You've been traveling many a mile
Stay away from these low life bars
It's not where you wanna be
You can't get back when you get this low
I'll give you that for free
chorus
The road is straight and the road is true
It'll break you if it can
Don't try to understand
Fate can play the joker's hand
bridge
I left him sitting in the bar and I found a place to stay
I guess I learned a lesson from what he had to say
And sometimes when I think of him, his voice comes ringing through
And everything he said to me turned out to be true
chorus
The road is straight and the road is true
It'll break you if it can
Don't try to understand
Oh, the road is straight and the road is true
It'll break you if it can
Don't try to understand
Fate can play the joker's hand
outro
Fate can play the joker's hand