Carpenters - Road Ode lyrics

I've been on this lonely road so long Does anybody know where it goes I remember the last time The signs pointed home a month ago Rented cars and empty motel rooms Lead you everywhere but home Crowds of people shouting How they love the show They don't know (*) the endless crowds of faces Just keep on wearing a smile The countless times and places lead me back Please take me back home (**) i wonder if these feelings ever change How many times i'll lift this load Come tomorrow i'll be gone again Roads of sorrows coming to an end for me Repeat (*) Repeat (**)