Broken Road

Snake of light above me keep my feet upon the path
Keep my footsteps steady strong and hide my heart from wrath
Save a sack of grain for the horse for when it snows
And send word to my baby that I walk a broken road

Snake of light above me guide me home to sleep
Footsteps lost in darkness and promises to keep
If my busking heart should play me like a fiddle poorly bowed
Then send word to my baby that I walk a broken road

If the sun and moon collide
If the road should leave my feet
Oh my thirst be satisfied
Oh the reaper I will cheat
Oh send word to my baby that I walk a broken road

Keep the leering faces from the roadside as I pass
Wash me with the sweetest dew that grows upon the grass
Keep my spine straight as fire and fear within me stowed
And send word to my baby that I walk a broken road