Scott Miller - The Only Road

Capo 2

    Am                            C
Jim Moffat was the kind of man who would not let you down
     D                               Am
They said he was a steady boy but he kept a bottle round
   Am                            C
He got the call like everyone in 1942:
  D                                  Am
a navy bunk, mechanics pay and guaranteed hot food

         Am             C
The only road He'd ever known
         G                 Am
the only road was gravel, clay and cotton bolls
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Elizabeth that sweet young thing was born with a broken heart
she talked of it but you could tell she never traveled far
She wrote poor Jimmy everyday and in the window hung a star
and read the paper for his name and always crossed her heart


Chorus

The Leyte Gulf in '44 was no place for a boy
raised on muddy water where you could always see the shore
The jap torpedo came at night and hit the engine room
The boys down there just held their breaths and prayed that someone knew

Chorus

That night Elizabeth lay down to sleep and could not catch her breath
She dreamed she saw poor Jimmy's face wide-eyed and scared to death
She reached a hand out in the dark as he took his last gasp
And together and forever they'll be walking hand in hand

Chorus