A love song for the white line on a road in central Pennsylvania
lyrics
Farewell, I must leave you soon
Three hundred miles beneath the moon
though loving voices tell me not to go
Surely this is madness,
but I have made a promise
and somewhere someone waits for me, I know
and one white line will lead me on
from mountain night to lowland dawn
and trees along the river, white as snow
o, white line - o, dark night
Nobody else is fool enough to be out on the road tonight
o, white-tailed deer - o, white-faced moon
o, sunrise Susquehanna where the white trees bloom
sunrise Susquehanna all in bloom
White line in the moonlight
the circle of my headlights
Tonight these are the only things I know
Crawling toward the breaking day
with one CD I just let play
I don't dare take my eyes off of the road
The songs come round and round again
and every one becomes a friend
to guide me to the place I need to go
o, white line - o, dark night
Nobody else is fool enough to be out on the road tonight
o, white-tailed deer - o, white-faced moon
o, sunrise Susquehanna where the white trees bloom
sunrise Susquehanna all in bloom
and blessings on the ones who roam
between goodbye and welcome home
and all the planets spinning out through space
I never claimed to love the road
but I must wander to and fro
til everyone I love is in one place
I only hope to find my guide,
survive the trip, enjoy the ride,
and notice when I have been granted grace
o, white line - o, dark night
Nobody else is fool enough to be out on the road tonight
o, white-tailed deer - o, white-faced moon
o, sunrise Susquehanna where the white trees bloom
sunrise Susquehanna - sunrise Susquehanna
sunrise Susquehanna all in bloom
sunrise Susquehanna all in bloom
American songwriter Zoe Mulford is best known for "The President Sang Amazing Grace," which has been covered by Joan Baez and the Kronos Quartet and was the International Folk Awards Song of the Year in 2018.
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