The Route That I Took

Without really knowing I took all the wrong routes

The misguided monster in the Doc Marten boots

In the wrong directions against all of the grains

Got off at all the wrong stops, back onto all the wrong trains

When holy hell just broke loose, to cut it out shut it down

There was the substance abuse running rampant through town

And when the trouble I had at the back door of the Channel

A steady headache and a handful it was

Too hard to handle - Too hard to handle

Time I took a good look at the route that I took

Without a drop of the sense that God had gave to a stone

But in my own self defense well I was not all alone

I had the partners and colleagues and the cohorts in crime

Heaven sent to me hell bent to be one hell of a time

There was a swift sudden shift and way to many went south

The deadly God given gift to junkies I kept my mouth shut

While I made up my mind I had some choices to make

Should I leave Hell far behind me just

For Heaven's sake - For Heaven's sake

I just took a good look at the route that I took

I took them all, can you recall the concert hall

Down at the Bradford Ballroom

I was tripping pretty hard I had dropped

What I had copped down on the Boulevard

Without suggesting to you the routes I took were never wrong

I took a look and still I took and somehow I stays strong

And I just stayed on the course with very few deviations

One of two situations some other odd altercations

And when my days were to dark well I had something to sell

I am the carnival barker with some stories to tell

There'll be apologies made at every fork and each bend

And I'm so that I stayed and I will

Stay till the end - Stay till the end

Glad I took a good look at the route that I took

Stay till the end - Stay till the end

Glad I took a good look at the route that I took