you will take the high road I will take the low You will take the high road home I will take the low road where it goes Whether our roads ever gonna meet again someday Only the devil only knows Morning took the high road Evening hung in dark Morning, high on dandelion wine And old man evening drunk on stars stumbling down the long dusty night Don't one of us know where we are Strung along the wire Chopping through the pine Strung along like telephone pole wires Moving ever down the line Where heaven meet horizons in her eyes I'm going my one true love to find She has took the high road I have wandered far She has took the high road off somewhere And left me to the dark I have had to make a deal to get her back You send the devil my regards You will take the high road, my dear You know that I can't take it slow You will go the high road going home I'll only crawl along the road I will pray I have not done this all in vain That old devil only knows I will pray I have not done this all in vain Only the devil really knows I will pray I have not done this all in vain Only the lonely devil knows