There was a man of confused and sad nature Thought no one loved him, that was not true He said, he was a lost soul, didn't fit in anywhere Didn't know where to turn or who to turn to Oh, there's a lost soul coming down the road Somewhere between two worlds With an oar in his hand and a song on your lips We'll row the boat to the far shore Row the boat of the long lost soul Ever since, oh, I can remember We all tried to ease the pain Took him in when he needed some shelter Tried to make him feel he was one of us again There was one day, oh, I can remember He sat alone with a pencil in his hand All day long he drew careful on the paper In the end just a picture of a man Of the lost soul coming down the road Somewhere between two worlds With an oar in his hand and a song on your lips We'll row the boat to the far shore Row the boat of the long lost soul Oh, dear Mary, do you remember The day when we went walking downtown As I recall, it was in early December After school had just let out When I see you on the street in the twilight I may tip my hat and keep my head down Show me love but maybe I don't deserve it I've been called but not, but not found Oh, there's a lost soul coming down the road Somewhere between two worlds With an oar in his hand and a song on your lips We'll row the boat to the far shore Row the boat of the long lost soul

I can see very well There's a boat on the reef with a broken back And I can see it very well There's a joke and I know it very well It's one of those that I told you long ago Take my word I'm a madman don't you know Once a fool had a good part in the play If it's so would I still be here today It's quite peculiar in a funny sort of way They think it's very funny everything I say Get a load of him, he's so insane You better get your coat dear It looks like rain We'll come again next Thursday afternoon The In-laws hope they'll see you very soon But is it in your conscience that you're after Another glimpse of the madman across the water I can see very well There's a boat on the reef with a broken back And I can see it very well There's a joke and I know it very well It's one of those that I told you long ago Take my word I'm a madman don't you know The ground's a long way down but I need more Is the nightmare black Or are the windows painted Will they come again next week Can my mind really take it

Down in the southwest Virginia town of Richlands I fell in love with an Appalachian girl She lived in a long line of little row houses On the side of an old strip mining hill She walked along on the jagged ridge And looked as far as she could see But the hills out there so up and down You only see as far as the next big ridge Everytime I see her face On the street in the hollow of on the hill Another time and another place I feel her in my heart still Everytime I see her face On the street in the hollow in the bend I see her in my mind and then I go down the road not taken... again Oh the coal dust sttles on the window display They have to change it about every other day Some things never change way out here An outsider could always remain that way She walked along on the jagged ridge She told me she was thinking of me But every time I tried to take her away She alway ran back to the rocks and the trees Everytime I see her face On the street in the hollow of on the hill Another time and another place I feel her in my heart still Everytime I see her face On the street in the hollow in the bend I see her in my mind and then I go down the road not taken... again Oh I went back there after many years So curious and so secretly As I looked on I held back a tear The road not taken overcoming me Oh I saw her she was sitting there Older, thinner on the front porch It seemed the light a little brighter there Or maybe I still carried the forgotten torch Everytime I see her face On the street in the hollow of on the hill Another time and another place I feel her in my heart still Everytime I see her face On the street in the hollow in the bend I see her in my mind and then I go down the road not taken... again