‘Road, The’ [3:13] (MacDonald/Peters), The Alarm
Lead Vocals:Mike Peters
Lyrics
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Every day I get up from off the floor I keep on coming back for more and more So many times I get it in the face I keep on running ' til my dying day Rain on the roadway, thunder in the sky The light of day disappears from sight As the road opens up in front of my eyes These wheels are burning up the miles As the road opens up in front of my eyes The only limitation is in my mind I drive awake my eyes are on full beam The wind is screaming into my slipstream Something keeps pulling me back from sleep Whatever it is I want to see These wheels are burning up the road tonight The fuel is pumping into my mind As the road opens up in front of my eyes These wheels are burning up the miles As the road opens up in front of my eyes The only limitation is in my mind I'll be there when it all comes down I'll be there I'll be there when it all comes down I'll be there When it all comes down Come on, come on As the road opens up in front of my eyes These wheels are burning up the miles As the road opens up in front of my eyes The only limitation is in my mind The Road Fuel pumping gasoline in my mind From the engine to my body This wheels on fire The Road As the road opens up in front of my eyes The only limitation is in my mind The Road
Notes
:Produced By The Alarm
Mike Peters Notes
:When we cut the “Raw” album I used Neil Young as a prime example of someone who had reinvented himself in a stirring and vital new musical environment. I wanted The Alarm to follow his lead and cut a record with the same kind of simple honesty that was written all through the “Freedom” album. The Road was a song that should have been a rallying point of this new record. “The Road opens up in front of my eyes, the only limitation is in my mind.”. The Alarm never made the record I think we were capable of, we only went half way, we did not stick the knife in deep enough.
The demo for “The Road” was recorded by myself and Eddie MacDonald at my home in Wales. It was the blueprint for the new record as we envisioned it. I think it is better than the version that ended up on “Standards” and gives a strong hint of what might have been possible if events had turned out different.
(Internet Interview, 1996)
Dave Sharp Notes
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Eddie MacDonald Notes
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Nigel Twist Notes
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