Story Behind The Song
My mother grew up on a 10 acre farm in rural South Carolina. Her father was the Station Master at the small town railway station. I recall playing on the bales of cotton awaiting shipment at the station. We rode the train from and to North Carolina. The passenger trains would only stop if there were passengers. All of this is gone now. I remember how it was but when I am gone, who will remember?
Song Description
The song is really about change. Change is inevitable. How long will life be remembered.
| Song Length |
3:14 |
Genre |
Folk - Americana, Folk - Traditional |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Peaceful, Blissful |
Subject |
Town, Village, Philosophy |
| Similar Artists |
Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
VERSE 1
G Bm
There's an overgrown field and a
Am D7 G D7
tumbled down barn on the backroad
G Bm
There's a one street town with the
Am D7 G D7
stores boarded up on the backroad
G Bm
There's whistle stop station that's
Am D7 G D7
falling apart on the backroad
C D7 G
A place old folks used to call home.
CHORUS
C D7 B7 C // Bm //
Spring flowers give way to blossoms of summer
C D7 B7 C // Bm //
Summer flowers fade into colors of fall
C D7
Fall leaves cover the ground with the
B7 C // Bm //
first frost of winter
C A7 D7
Come and go. New and old.
VERSE 2
G Bm Am D7
The ways that we knew are gone for good
G D7
on the backroad
G Bm Am D7
We can't go back and live and love
G D7
on the backroad
G Bm Am D7
What used to be is forever lost
G D7
on the backroad
C D7 G
How long will the memory survive?
CHORUS
ENDING
C A7 D7
Come and go. New and old.
G
On the backroad