In the Way

The road ahead looks clear and straight from far away
Closer in, the weeds and briars grow in the way
Sometimes pressing through the shadows, I find a little shade
Sometimes my heart is all I got, sometimes my heart gets in the way
One day I’ll never be lonely. Oh yeah, it will really be something
Turn around and nothing will be in my way. Maybe it’s today. I don’t see nothing in the way
I know there is a short cut here we all know how to take
But something way down in my bones gets in the way
In the reaches, in the wanting, somewhere beyond names –
Where that river sings with all good things, put me right in the way
One day, I’ll never be lonely. Oh yeah, it will really be something
Turn around and nothing will be in my way. Clear as day. I don’t see nothing in the way