The Toll Road
from Illegal Copy #2 (Live, Remastered) by David Elias & The Great Unknown
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The Toll Road - by David Elias
He was running from his country
An outlaw of his times
He was just as drunk and dirty
As any of his kind
He'd been labeled and crusaded
Seeking refuge from the road
Unloyal and unaided
Where the tolls go where you go
He was instant with connections
Connected on the wire
Benefiting from protection
Of those good old guns for hire
Well he played em and he made em
Make decisions on their own
From the goodness of his wild heart
Where the tolls go where you go
He made a fortune on persuasion
In an unfortunate kind of way
When they described a male caucasian
With a high price on his head
Well his cars were found abandoned
And his footsteps here and there
And the dust of desert canyons
Sparked his traces in the air
With the conviction of a saint
He rode em high and low
With nary a complaint
Where the tolls go where you go
Well those years were not unlucky
And they left him well at large
Until some skinny girl in Truckee
Caught him camping near her lodge
Without aiding or abetting
Or even waking him from sleep
They shot him up in pieces
On the granite by the creek
He had misplaced all his connections
Abandoned the old road
And paid on those collections
Where the tolls go where you go
He was running from his country
An outlaw of his times
He was just as drunk and dirty
As any of his kind
He'd been labeled and crusaded
Seeking refuge from the road
Unloyal and unaided
Where the tolls go where you go
He was instant with connections
Connected on the wire
Benefiting from protection
Of those good old guns for hire
Well he played em and he made em
Make decisions on their own
From the goodness of his wild heart
Where the tolls go where you go
He made a fortune on persuasion
In an unfortunate kind of way
When they described a male caucasian
With a high price on his head
Well his cars were found abandoned
And his footsteps here and there
And the dust of desert canyons
Sparked his traces in the air
With the conviction of a saint
He rode em high and low
With nary a complaint
Where the tolls go where you go
Well those years were not unlucky
And they left him well at large
Until some skinny girl in Truckee
Caught him camping near her lodge
Without aiding or abetting
Or even waking him from sleep
They shot him up in pieces
On the granite by the creek
He had misplaced all his connections
Abandoned the old road
And paid on those collections
Where the tolls go where you go
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from Illegal Copy #2 (Live, Remastered),
released March 22, 2002
Words and Music by David Elias, (c)2002 David Elias, David Elias Music (ASCAP)
Words and Music by David Elias, (c)2002 David Elias, David Elias Music (ASCAP)
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