Lucinda Williams Side of the road written by Lucinda Williams Lucinda Williams Guitar and Vocals Gurf Morlix Guitar and Vocals Dr. John Ciambotti Bass and Vocals Capo 4th Intro: C / G / Am / F / G / G / C G Am F G G You wait in the car on the side of the road C G Am F G G G G Let me go and stand awhile I wanna know you're there but I wanna be alone Dm F C G If only for a minute or two Dm F C G I wanna see what it feels like to be without you Dm F C G I wanna know the touch of my own skin Dm F C G G G G Against the sun, against the wind I walked out in a field, the grass was high It brushed against my legs I just stood and looked out at the open space And a farmhouse out aways And I wondered about the people who lived in it And I wondered if they were happy and content Were there children and a man and a wife Did she love him and take her hair down at night If I stray away too far from you Don't go and try to find me I doesn't mean I don't love you It doesn't mean I won't come back And stay beside you It only means I need a little time To follow that unbroken line To a place where the wild things grow To a place where I used to always go From the Lucinda Williams "Passionate Kisses" EP copyright 1988 Lucy Jones music (BMI) Recorded live at KPFK Los Angeles 1989 Rough Trade Records, Inc.