High Road Lyrics - Songs - John Fullbright

Susie was a pearl of a woman 

Jack was a golden man 

She told him she'd love him forever 

He gave her a wedding band 

Their parents said they were just children 

"Love comes as fast as it leaves 

They think that they've built a foundation 

Till life knocks them down with a breeze" 

Living comes natural to many 

Love comes natural to few 

You take the high road to freedom 

I'll take the low road to you 

Jack bought a brand new tractor 

The bank bought him the land 

He said, "The work may be hard but its honest 

I'll pay 'em by May if I can." 

Sometimes they'd talk about children 

Names and things that they'll do 

"If its a girl we'll call her Joanna 

She'll grow up to be just like you." 

Living comes natural to many 

Love comes natural to few 

You take the high road to freedom 

I'll take the low road to you 

Jack was out plowing the south end 

Trying to beat the next rain 

Susie, she'd watch through the window 

As the downpour finally came 

He was riding the side of the terrace 

When the mud gave way to the wheel 

The tractor tipped over on Jack 

The cold was all he could feel 

Susie ran out through the rainstorm 

Threw her arms around her true love 

Her tears were lost in the water 

And mixed in a puddle of blood 

He told his little wife not to worry 

He said, "The soft ground has broken my fall." 

He told her he'd love her forever 

Then he didn't say nothing at all. 

Susie grew old and grey-headed 

She never did marry again 

Jack took the high road to freedom 

She took the low road to him 

Living comes natural to many 

Love comes natural to few 

You take the high road to freedom 

I'll take the low road to you.