Lyrics
i ve seen desperation explode into flames
and the dirty old track was the telegraph road
we re gonna have to reap from some seed that s been sowed
there s six lanes of traffic
then came the churches then came the schools
And the birds up on the wires and the telegraph poles, but believe in me baby and i ll take you away, i got a right to go to work but there s no work here to be found
And the dirty old track was the telegraph road, then came the mines then came the ore, and the birds up on the wires and the telegraph poles
And my radio says tonight it s gonna freeze, all the way down the telegraph road
Then came the trains and the trucks with their loads, there s six lanes of traffic, you had your head on my shoulder you had your hand in my hair
from the anger that lives on the streets with these names
People driving home from the factories, all the way down the telegraph road
Telegraph sang a song about the world outside, walking thirty miles with a pack on his back
he built a cabin and a winter store
now you act a little colder like you don t seem to care
He built a cabin and a winter store, from the anger that lives on the streets with these names, all the way down the telegraph road
and he put down his load where he thought it was the best
all the way down the telegraph road
you had your head on my shoulder you had your hand in my hair
and the other travellers came riding down the track
and the other travellers came riding down the track
Cos i ve run every red light on memory lane, yes and they say we re gonna have to pay what s owed, you can hear them singing out their telegraph code
from these rivers of headlights these rivers of rain
i ve seen desperation explode into flames
Three lanes moving slow, there s six lanes of traffic Straits, then there was the hard times then there was a war
Like a rolling river, you know i d sooner forget but i remember those nights, but believe in me baby and i ll take you away
But believe in me baby and i ll take you away, i used to like to go to work but they shut it down
And my radio says tonight it s gonna freeze, then came the trains and the trucks with their loads, a long time ago came a man on a track
Then came the churches then came the schools, from out of this darkness and into the day
but believe in me baby and i ll take you away
cos i ve run every red light on memory lane
But believe in me baby and i ll take you away, and i don t want to see it again, telegraph sang a song about the world outside