Beyond the Blues - Tom Russell, Jimmie Dale Gilmore

Old man on the corner, singin' my life

Playin' guitar with a rusty old knife

And every line that he’s singin' rhymes with the truth

And a promise of something — beyond the blues

You and me, darling, took the long way around

Through the wide open countries and the heart attack towns

To every fork in the road, where we’ve all got to choose

Between darkness and light out beyond the blues

Beyond the shadows, beyond the rain

Beyond the darkness and all the pain

When you’re walkin' in circles with holes in your shoes

Love is the road that leads beyond the blues

Old man on the corner, he’s been gone for years

And the guitar and the knife blade are rusty with tears

But there’s a song that he left us, we’ll never lose

That love is the road that leads beyond the blues