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Down The Highway, is an original song written, produced and with lyrics by Paul Robert Thomas with music exclusively commercially licensed to Paul.
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Down The Highway lyrics
Was walking down the highway with no where to go
I came across a monk in a travelling show
Dressed in orange robes and a bald fixed stare
I had to wear shades because of the glare
I said “How do you do, it’s a nice day not”?
He said “Indeed it is and how do I do what”?
I said “Do you have the time, I’m on vacation”?
He said “Yes, but I don’t have the inclination”
I said “Please could you tell me, just where is it at”?
He said “It is as clear as day, it’s under your hat”
I said “I’ve been searching low and high, are you sure”?
He said “Look, it is as sure as that closing door”
I said “I guess I must go, will you be my friend”?
He said “Maybe down the road and around the bend”
I said “Fare-le-well and remember to stand tall”
He said “Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall”
I said “Thanks, I’ll tell it to all the boys and girls”
He winked and rattled his long string of pearls
A nicer man I’ve yet to meet
I forgot to ask if he eats meat?
So I passed on to where the hills were green
It was a totally different scene
There was a guy who claimed he was a thief
Next to one who said he worked for the chief
I said “Why are you hanging round up there”?
He said “Saving the world, if you don’t care”
I said “I care, but it’s a bit extreme”?
He said “Everything is not as it seems”
I said “Human nature will kill what’s good”
He said “Without a doubt, that’s understood”
I said “Anyway, good luck with the show”
He said “Why don’t you stay a while, don’t go”?
I said “The earth is moving ‘neath my feet”
He said “Yeah I know, I can feel the heat”
I said “Can it get any worse than this”?
He said “Worse than being sold by a kiss”?
I said “You’re always killed by the ones you love”
He said “Can’t talk now, they’re calling me from above”
As an honest a man I’ve yet to find
I won’t use his name I hope he won’t mind
I carried on down that dusty old road
When I passed a man carrying a load
So thin and dressed in rags and barefoot too
Reminded me of someone I once knew
I said “Can I help you along the way”?
He said “The wind’s at my back, it’s okay”
I said “You look as though you’ve walked for miles”
He said “You’re very kind, I like your smile”
I said “Do you think you can change man’s mind”?
He said “Not now, but with the passage of time”
I said “But don’t you want to eat the fruit now”?
He said “I’d never drink milk from a sacred cow”
I said “Ok but how far can you go”?
He said “As far as the four winds do blow”
I said “Are you sure you can last, you seem so frail”?
He said “As long as a condemned man in jail”
I said “Good luck and see you tomorrow”?
He said “Yes from a land without sorrows”
Was a nice man but was all skin and bone
I felt it was time for me to return home
I got home all tired and so confused
Didn’t know what’s right and whose words to use
I sat right down and thought I’d read a book
Answers came to me wherever I looked
I was glad I’d ventured outside my door
But there is one thing of which I am sure
Think for yourself don’t let others do it for you
Listen to what each says but form your own point of view
Paul Robert Thomas PRS No. 497904008 (London)
PRS Tunecode: 983961CQ ISWC:T-339.467.355-9
Audiosparx Catalog ID: 1400771 ISRC: US5UL2625818
released March 30, 2026
Written, produced and with lyrics by Paul Robert Thomas with music exclusively commercially licensed to Paul
all rights reserved
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