Kathleen, Queen of the Desert

Written around 1976

It’s a long, straight road to Cleveland
And that old gray dog keeps rollin’ along;
It’s a long, straight road to Cleveland
And that old gray dog keeps rollin’ along.

CHORUS:

There’s no light at the end of the tunnel,
Though I keep my eyes open all the time;
There’s no light at the end of the tunnel
And it’s getting’ so dark, getting’ so dark,
Getting’ so dark I’m goin’ blind.

We rolled into Columbus as the bars closed
And he climbed right in and sat next to me;
We rolled into Columbus as the bars closed,
And he climbed right in and sat next to me.

He’d worked in the mines for ten years or more,
And he finally told his family he’d hafta go;
He’d worked in the mines for ten years or more,
And he finally told his family he’d hafta go.

CHORUS

We talked all the way to Cleveland,
Of livin’ and lovin’ and the mines;
We talked all the way to Cleveland
Of livin’ and lovin’ and the mines.

CHORUS