The Road Keeps What It Wants (Alt 1)

Intro

Verse 1 Kept the boy who never made it home Kept the boots, kept the wedding ring Kept the dog that walked the white line cold Kept the song he learned to sing Kept the letter you forgot to send Kept the cousin you don't say Kept the night you crossed me at the bend Kept the part of you don't pray

Pre-Chorus Don't matter what you bring or pay Don't matter what you came to say Don't matter what your god is named The road keeps what the road has claimed

Chorus The road keeps what it wants Keeps the man, keeps the song Keeps the prayer that you whispered wrong Road keeps what it wants The road keeps what it wants Keeps the ring, keeps the name Keeps the part of you ain't the same Road keeps what it wants

Verse 2 Seen the gold men ride out clean Seen the same men ride back red Seen the war horse and the limousine And the boy who shoulda stayed in bed Seen the preacher selling water Seen the mother selling time Seen the rope and seen the slaughter And the song that paid the line

Pre-Chorus Don't matter what you bring or pay Don't matter what you came to say Don't matter what your god is named The road keeps what the road has claimed

Chorus The road keeps what it wants Keeps the man, keeps the song Keeps the prayer that you whispered wrong Road keeps what it wants The road keeps what it wants Keeps the ring, keeps the name Keeps the part of you ain't the same Road keeps what it wants

Bridge Before your daddy. Before your name. Before the bell. Before the train. Before the cross they hung above the door. The road. The road. The road. The road keeps what it wants Keeps the man, keeps the song Keeps the prayer that you whispered wrong Road keeps what it wants The road keeps what it wants Keeps the ring, keeps the name Keeps the part of you ain't the same Road keeps what it wants

Outro Road keeps what it wants. Road keeps what it wants. Road kept you.

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