We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

roadside park

from roadside park by david edward walker

/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $1.50 USD  or more

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

lyrics

Roadside Park

When I stopped by your roadside park,
the sun was low, it was almost dark
the lullaby of a meadowlark
crossed the woods and weeds like a soft remark

A rusty can held a bracken leaf
and a paper wrap held a crumb of beef
and a newsprint ad, “Drive with Superchief”
impaled on grass and in bold relief

I sat and stared at your tabletop
Where “I love Irene” soaked up soda pop
And a cryptic note that read simply “stop”
brought an end to words
beneath a round raindrop

A million miles on this asphalt line
all ending here by this picnic sign
and a human touch on such great design
in the refuse you have left behind

And I know you’ll find it hard
when you close your eyes at night
to imagine that I knew you here
in the dusky fading light

but we’re more alike than different
and I know you by the sight
of all that you’ve discarded
in the hurry of your flight

A pen was crushed beneath your brand new tire
and it bled like art, which I much admire,
and the ashes of your charcoal fire
fed your hungry life as much as my desire

On the restroom door, I read a thousand hands
all moving in silence to nature’s first demands,
and a fly that buzzed in the bathroom’s fans
calls your scent to me from each place he lands

And I know you’ll find it hard
when you close your eyes at night
to imagine that I knew you here
in the dusky fading light

but we’re more alike than different
and I know you by the sight
of all that you’ve discarded
in the hurry of your flight

A broken mirror in the parking lot
helped me see the fear
that made you leave this spot
you must travel on and be one who’s got
a place to go instead of this place that’s not

But I’m going to wait right here in your roadside park
and let the sun pull in all this rising dark
I want to sleep and wake to your meadowlark
across the woods and weeds like a soft remark
from inside your heart

credits

from roadside park, released April 1, 1994
david edward walker: guitars, keys, vocal


recorded at moldy music studios, royal oak, michigan

license

tags

about

david edward walker image

david edward walker Indianola, Washington

"With a style that encompasses urban and rural images, rich metaphors, spiritual themes, moving ballads, and ambitious fingerstyle guitar work, David Edward Walker (aka 'David Folks') is a singer-songwriter with special ability to reach listeners on an emotional level."
~ Music Hound,
The Essential Folk Album Guide

"Spilled poetic love." ~ Dirty Linen

"Folk Hero."
~Detroit Monthly ... more

contact / help

Contact david edward walker

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like david edward walker, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Saxophonist Isaiah Collier chats about his new LP and the influence of Pharoah Sanders.
listen now