we're on the road to hell

[MoseyWalker]

A long time ago, to some.

Artist: Chris Rea
Album: The Road To Hell
Year: 1989
Title: The Road To Hell



Stood still on a highway
I saw a woman
By the side of the road
With a face that I knew like my own
Reflected in my window
Well she walked up to my quarterlight
And she bent down real slow
A fearful pressure paralysed me in my shadow
She said 'son what are you doing here
My fear for you has turned me in my grave'
I said 'mama I come to the valley of the rich
Myself to sell'
She said 'son this is the road to hell'

On your journey cross the wilderness
From the desert to the well
You have strayed upon the motorway to hell

Well I'm standing by the river
But the water doesn't flow
It boils with every poison you can think of
And I'm underneath the streetlight
But the light of joy I know
Scared beyond belief way down in the shadows
And the perverted fear of violence
Chokes the smile on every face
And common sense is ringing out the bell
This ain't no technological breakdown
Oh no, this is the road to hell

And all the roads jam up with credit
And there's nothing you can do
It's all just pieces of paper flying away from you
Oh look out world, take a good look
What comes down here
You must learn this lesson fast and learn it well
This ain't no upwardly mobile freeway
Oh no, this is the road
Said this is the road
This is the road to hell


It doesn't matter how politicians position themselves anymore. They have been bought and sold, and tomorrow, as well as tonight, belongs to the corporations who have sold america and all the people living in it to other countries.

We have been on the road to hell for quite some time. Wake up and smell the tea.

[JohnnyRingo]

1. That was a good song...

Thanx for the memory jog.
Very prophetic, now that you mention it, but
Maybe a rocket sled to Hell by now though.

[pscot]

2. Almost 20 years ago, now

There was time then, to learn the lesson, but we were too busy to heed or read the detour sign.