No Road Romance

When you look through the lights to the stage, you see the man of your dreams

You think his life's full of parties and love, but it's not what it seems

If you could see in his room right now, you'd see how much love is showed

There's never really any romance on the road

His forehead seems cut in two, by the crease in his brow

He chews his nails as he fidgets, just trying to settle on down

The TV channels keep flippin', his adrenaline slowed

There's never really any romance on the road, oh no

There's never romance on the road, only frustration and overload

He could fall in love, but he'd never know

For she's only riding, and he's only hiding

He's sure to ask, 'cause she won't say no

But there's never really any romance on the road

He was up in the bar straight-backed, did you see him before?

Did he sign you his name, come with me, listen in at his door

Hear himself so drunk calling home, can't remember the code

You know, there's never really any romance on the road, oh no no no

He's held some beautiful girls in his arms, but now he clutches his bunk

For all the good that they're doing him now he might as well be a monk

For his memories ain't worth a thing, 'till he's old and he's gone

And his past never quite catches up, the show's moving on

Did he say he kept a picture of a blonde haired girl who'd been kind

When he was last home his own daughter brought it into his mind

Maybe closing bars and jets, paid some debts that he owed

But there's never really any romance on the road

There's never romance on the road, only frustration and overload

He's never learned a thing from the dust that blowed

On stage for an hour, on a laser beam tower

But you know he slept while the neon glowed

There's never really any romance on the road

There's never romance on the road, only frustration and overload

He could fall in love, but he'd never know

For she's only riding and he's only hiding

He's sure to ask, but she won't say no

There's never really any romance on the road