A little over twenty years ago a friend of mine got a job playing drums for Darryl Worley who

was a national touring country music act. They opened for Brad Paisley in Las Vegas when I

was there and I was able to catch up with him after the show. He said that was his last night on

the drum riser and when I asked what happened he said he took the job driving the tour bus

because it paid a lot more. So much for being a side man. He said he wasn’t ready to go back

home and wasn’t sure he ever would be. This is a song about some of that…


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Recorded in Logic Pro X
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Electric Guitar, Pedal Steel,Vocals, Tom Adams


https://soundcloud.com/ta2-659414413/back-on-the-road?si=9ebeb3978cf249dc9ab4587d36637f26

https://tommyadamsmusic.com/track/3699670/back-on-the-road



Back On The Road

In the Absaroka mountains with the full moon on the rise

There’s a chill in the air and not a cloud in the sky

His memories like a playback loop on some big movie screen

There’s no way you can make this up and he’s glued to every scene


He pulls down his hat climbs up in the seat

Back on the road it’s where he wants to be

Still chasing after long lost dreams or running from the rain

It’s easy to say it but much harder to explain


Long ago when he was young he played out on the circuit

He sent half his weekly paycheck home to the family that he worshiped

One by one the band was gone now he’s back on his own

So he drives at night to calm his nerves cause it’s all he’s ever known


He pulls down his hat climbs up in the seat

Back on the road it’s where he wants to be

Still chasing after long lost dreams or running from the rain

It’s easy to say it but much harder to explain

Last edited by tommyad; 02/09/24 11:54 AM.