"Long Promised Road" lyrics

"Long Promised Road"
(originally by The Beach Boys)
(from "Long Promised Road" soundtrack)


So hard to answer future's riddle
When ahead is seeming so far behind
So hard to laugh a child-like giggle
When the tears start to torture my mind
So hard to shed the life of before
To let my soul automatically soar

But I hit hard at the battle that's confronting me
Knock down all the roadblocks a-stumbling me
Throw off all the shackles that are binding me down

Sew up the wounds of evolution
And the now starts to get in my way
So what if life's a revelation
If the mind speaks of only today
So real, the pain of growing in soul
Of climbing up to reality's goal

But I hit hard at the battle that's confronting me
Knock down all the roadblocks a-stumbling me
Throw off all the shackles that are binding me down

Long promised road
Trail starts at dawn
Carries on to the season's ending
Long promised road
Flows to the source, gentle force
Never ending, never ending

So hard to lift the jeweled sceptre
When the weight turns a smile to a frown
So hard to drink of passion nectar
When the taste of life's holding me down
So hard to plant the seed of reform
To set my soul on defeating the storm

So I hit hard at the battle that's confronting me
Knock down all the roadblocks a-stumbling me
Throw off all the shackles that are binding me down
Oh, yeah-eah-eah-eah

Hit hard at the battle that's confronting me
Knock down all the roadblocks a-stumbling me
Throw off all the shackles that are binding me down

Hit hard at the battle that's confronting me
Knock down all the roadblocks a-stumbling me
Throw off all the shackles that are binding me down

Hit hard at the battle that's confronting me
Knock down all the roadblocks a-stumbling me
Throw off all the shackles that are binding me down

Hit hard at the battle that's confronting me
Knock down all the roadblocks a-stumbling me
Throw off all the shackles that are binding me down

I'd love to see you
I'd love to see you
I'd love to see you
I'd love to see you
I'd love to see you
I'd love to see you


Writer(s): Carl Wilson, John Rieley
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