YouLyric
Sign in
Sign up for free
Stones in the Road [*/#][#]
Share
Joan Baez
What's this song about?
Generate meaning
Tap any line for its meaning
1
When we were young we pledged allegiance
2
Every morning of our lives
3
The classroom rang with children's voices
4
Under teacher's watchful eye
5
We learned about the world around us
6
At our desks and at dinner time
7
Reminded of the starving children
8
We cleaned our plates with guilty minds
9
And the stones in the road
10
We played like marbles in the dust
11
Until a voice called for us
12
To make our way back home
13
When I was ten my father held me
14
On his shoulders above the crowd
15
To see a train draped in mourning
16
Pass slowly through our town
17
His widow kneeled with all her children
18
At the sacred burial ground
19
The TV glowed that long hot summer
20
With all the cities burning down
21
And the stones in the road
22
Flew out from our bicycle tires
23
Worlds removed from all those fires
24
As we raced each other home
25
And now we drink our coffee on the run
26
And climb that ladder rung by rung
27
We are the daughters and the sons
28
And here's the line that's missing
29
The starving children have been replaced
30
By souls out on the street
31
We give a dollar when we pass
32
And hope our eyes don't meet
33
We pencil in we cancel out
34
We crave the corner suite
35
We kiss your ass, we make you hold
36
We doctor the receipt
37
And the stones in the road
38
Leave a mark from whence they came
39
A thousand points of light or shame
40
Baby, I don't know
41
Stones in the road
0
views
0
meanings
0
comments
Perspectives
0/16
💡
🧒
🧠
📚
🌍
✨
📖
💔
⚖️
🎵
♀️
🌀
👁️
🪞
🏛️
😂
Go Pro
Unlimited meanings · Priority generation
Upgrade