Tom Russell - Beyond The Blues lyrics

Old man on the corner, singin' my life Playin' guitar with a rusty old knife And every line that he's singin' rhymes with the truth And a promise of something - beyond the blues You and me, darling, took the long way around Through the wide open countries and the heart attack towns To every fork in the road, where we've all got to choose Between darkness and light out beyond the blues Beyond the shadows, beyond the rain Beyond the darkness and all the pain When you're walkin' in circles with holes in your shoes Love is the road that leads beyond the blues Old man on the corner, he's been gone for years And the guitar and the knife blade are rusty with tears But there's a song that he left us, we'll never lose That love is the road that leads beyond the blues