Old man on the corner, singing my life
And he's playing that guitar with a rusty old knife
And every line that he sings rhymes with the truth
And the promise of something beyond the blues
Beyond the blues
Me and my darling took the long way around
Through the wide open countries and the heart attack towns
To every fork in the road where we've all got to choose
Between darkness and light, beyond the blues
Beyond the blues, beyond the shadows, beyond the rain
Beyond the darkness and all the pain
When you're walking in circles, with holes in your shoes
Love is the road that leads out beyond the blues
Beyond the blues
Solo
Old man on the corner has been gone for years
And that guitar in the night bled rusty tears
But there's a song that he left us we'll never lose
That love is the road that leads beyond the blues
Beyond the blues
Beyond the blues, beyond the shadows, beyond the rain
Beyond the darkness and all the pain
When you're walking in circles, with holes in your shoes
Love is the road that leads out beyond the blues
Beyond the blues
Love is the road that leads out beyond the blues