Faithful Road

Riaan Smit 1988 (Windhoek)



I’m going on down the old faithful road
I’m leaving my home, I’m leaving my home
I Don’t know how far, how long I’ll go
I’m leaving today down the old faithful road
 
Every morning I’m confronted by my demons
I want them to come, lord I want them to come
And as I lay here dreaming I be scheming about
My sweet freedom, my sweet freedom
 
I’m going on down the old faithful road
I’m leaving my home, I’m leaving my home
Don’t know how far, how long I’ll go
I’m leaving today down the old faithful road
 
As I lay here dreaming I be scheming about
My sweet freedom, my sweet freedom
There’s a world out there that I gotta see
So Im leaving today down the old faithful road
 
I don’t know how long I’ll be gone,
I’m leaving today down the old faithful road
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Written on January 18, 2019

Submitted by tribeone_b on January 04, 2023

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABcA xdeD ABcA eDxa xA
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 788
Words 153
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 2

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