Track 4 of the album Kitchen Light, Three in the Morning · 2024
Gold Watch, Open Road
“They gave me a gold watch and said rest up. I took the watch and the open road instead.”
jazz-pop · groove jazz · lounge pop · 4:41
Lyrics
They gave me a gold watch, Friday noon Said, take it easy, rest up soon But I got a map and a half-tank of gas Retired and ready, watch me pass Gold watch, open road Nowhere that I have to go Windows down and radio Gold watch, open road Thirty years of nine to five Now I'm learning how to drive Out past the town where the fields begin Lord, it feels like living again Gold watch, open road Nowhere that I have to go Windows down and radio Gold watch, open road Every mile is mine to keep No more promises to meet Just the sun and the wheel in my hand Free as the wind across the land I'll stop for pie at a roadside stand Wave at strangers, shake a hand Time is a gift I finally own Nobody's waiting, I'm free to roam Gold watch, open road Nowhere that I have to go Windows down and radio Gold watch, open road Open road Open road