When you look through the lights to the stage
You see the man of your dreams
You think his life's full of parties and love
But it's not what it seems
If you could see in his room right now
You'd see how much love is showed
There's never really any romance on the road

His forehead seems cut in two
By the crease in his brow
He chews his nails and he fidgets
Just trying to settle on down
The T.V. channels keep flippin'
His adrenalin slowed
There's never really any romance on the road

There's never romance on the road
Only frustration and overload
He could fall in love
But he'd never know
'Cause she's only riding
And he's only hiding
He's sure to ask
She won't say no
But there's never really any romance on the road

He was up in the bar
Straight backed, didn't you see him before?
Did he sign you his name?
Come with me, listen in at his door
Here inside, so drunk going home
Can't remember the code
You now, there's never really any romance on the road

He's held some beautiful girls in his arms
But now he clutches his bunk
For all the good that they're doing him now
He might as well be a monk
For his memories ain't worth a thing
Till he's old and he's gone
And his past never quite catches up
The show's moving on

Did he sag at a picture
Of a blonde haired girl who'd been kind
When he was last home
His own daughter brought it into his mind
Maybe closing bars and jets
Payed some debts that he owed
But there's never really any romance on the road

There's never romance on the road
Only frustration and overload
He's never learned a thing
From a dust that blowed
On stage for an hour
On a laser-beam tower
But you know he slipped
While the neon glowed
There's never really any romance on the road

There's never romance on the road
Only frustration and overload
He could fall in love
But he'd never know
For she's only riding
And he's only hiding
He's sure to ask
But she won't say no
There's never really any romance on the road

Why was I born today?
Life is useless like Ecclesiastes say
I never had a chance
But opportunity's now in my hands.

I stand with my guitar
All I need's a mirror
Then I'm a star.
I'm so sick of dud TV
Next time you switch on
You might see me--what a thrill for ya!

I've been there and gone there
I've lived there and bummed there
I've spinned there, I gave there
I drank there and I slaved there.

I've had enough of the way things have been done
Every man on a razor's edge
Someone has used us to kill with the same gun
Killing each other by driving a wedge.[Killing each other, then we jump off the ledge.] My life's a mess, I wait for you to pass
I stand here at the bar, I hold an empty glass.

Don't worry smile and dance
You just can't work life out
Don't let down moods entrance you
Take the wine and shout.

Why was I born today, etc.

My life's a mess, I wait for you to pass
I stand here at the bar, I hold an empty glass.