An ode to the road, the first single from TLRA features the talented vocals of Elsie Lange. Road Trip centres around growth and the need for escape.
lyrics
Goin on a roaaaaaaaad trip
yeah, pack it up,
thats the stuff,
you wanna come with or are we gonna catch you up (?)
the swags enough,
gonna be a rough few days
(probs) won’t be sleeping much,
b n e sanga as we leaving
is the needed touch, to see us off, down the streets we love
these roads we’ve no need for maps, these roads we don't even see the track
we smoke and always keep it packed, please don’t see negativity in that,
watch the landscape change watch the handshakes range from a quick knux to an elaborate game,
from the red dirt to the arid plains, buds are sticky like the tropics when it hasn’t rained,
ah, the landy will get us there, never fear, we sending vibes into the hemisphere,
going on a road trip, know this, road is, so big,
smoke spliffs, home grown dope its, going on a road trip
goin so quick
so much, unknown know this much is.. true
as much as it is to me, as much as it is to you, as much as we live to be, as much as we live to do..
what we think is……true
we all going on a road trip, who’s coming with(?), watch me punch a spliff through the billy while going over a hundred clicks.
that sounds as silly as assumption is, but on the really love I've got to give, this land is wondrous.
we in the landy its a bit old for cruise control,
no air con handy but these windows will soothe your soul,
if you're stuck in the mud you know we’ll give you a tow,
straight up that hill so we can all check out the view below.
so many possibilities, the road offers, those wonders the known unknowns that show promise, and no coppers wont stop us, we gotta lotta hope on us, destination unknown- no wukkas
going on a road trip, know this, road is, so big,
smoke spliffs, home grown dope its, going on a road trip
goin so quick
so much, unknown know this much is.. true
as much as it is to me, as much as it is to you, as much as we live to be, as much as we live to do..
what we think is……true
as much as we think we see, as much as we think we don’t, as much as we believe as much as we believe we won’t,
i gotta full tank feeling, longing for that open road,to find the answers no one - knows,
no clear plan of going home,
or control of what the road has in hold for us, i just know that when it show that we’ll grow from it,
coast to coast north to south, we’ll meet you at the cross roads,
they’re not an end but a new beginning another unknown
deep in thought, getting lost in the tracks,
my companions are asleep, as are the dogs in the back,
moonlight - illuminate the skies, a roo chooses to wait till i cruise on by, a solitary fire flickers by in the distance, I’m unaware of its size, it unaware of my existence.
an unbroken expanse, like fools we ruin it,
left so much to chance, nah fuck off you're full of shit
as much land we have, as many backs we've stabbed, as much as the tell lie vision tells us of a planned attack,
before our online traffics jammed while trackers scan our actions, and we lose our freedom for our freedom for this man i cannot stand
but in my rear view, i can see truth, in my fam and the dogs and what we do, in this land we get lost to find ourselves, thoughts drive us forth through the night as well.
going on a road trip, know this, road is, so big,
smoke spliffs, home grown dope its, going on a road trip
goin so quick
so much, unknown know this much is.. true
as much as it is to me, as much as it is to you, as much as we live and breathe, as much as we live to do..
what we think is……true
credits
from The Long Road Ahead, Pt 1,
released April 9, 2016
James Shakeshaft, Hugh Winterflood, Elsie Lange
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