always look so good on the outside when you get to believin it s true then you know that you re on your way people tug on your shirt say you re lucky you ve got ev rything you want but you don t yet you dare not say go downtown people runnin around they climb slowly draggin you downtown horns make a dent in your mind plush rooms make a blindin your eye to see blindin me light lovely light won t ya shine in my window love precious love won t ya fill ev ry room been too long on the road maybe cynics veins are my life blood maybe bitin the hand that i feed so i ll try try to understand what it is that devours your freedom makes you drop what you used to hold in your head all the things you planned go upstairs with a someone who says she cares like the devil she does what comes ever into your mind then gone leavin you with the coldest room oldest gloom warm won t you be please be there in my winter love precious love won t ya come full circle been too long on the road how can i do this to myself have i taken leave of my senses what kind of changes make a man want to tear down all his fences whoa i d like to know home ever home how could i ever doubt you love precious love how could i live without you been too long on the road