As I Walked On The Road

As I walked by Loch Lomond side

On a fine spring morning

The sun fought with the icy rain

That came on without warning

And all the wee birds sang again

As the mountains shed their winter snow

A finer sight I'd never seen

That day upon the road

By Glen Douglas then I travelled west

Across the hills to reach Loch Long

It put my mettle to the test

And in my heart a joyful song

From Scotland and her beauty wild

So many years I'd been away

I felt the wonder of a child

That day upon the road

But before my eyes the scene it changed

Man-made structures flanked the hills

Caverns grim of concrete gray

In rows so menacing and still

I wondered what these things could be

No reason for them, could I find

A change of mood came over me

That day upon the road

A shepherd working in the glen

Told me what had happened there

To make the work of many men

The storehouse of tomorrow's fear

For in these mighty caverns grim

Avenging swords in rows did stand

To unleash war some dreadful day

With pain and death in every land

I felt so sad just standing there

In a place I'd once loved well

Now used without permission asked

To house the very teeth of hell

But all those folk who strive for peace

My heart went out to all of them

Their struggle's on, it musn't cease -

I tell you now, as I told myself that day upon the road