Track 14: Follow your Road-music and lyrics by Bob Wilson, I first heard this song performed at a jazz festival held at Disneyland in the early 80s by Angela Bofill. Her performance was magnificent and I fell in love with the song's powerful message. I later discovered that it was written by Bob Wilson, whose wife Pauline snag it in their band Seawind. You'll see that when I cover a song I resist singing it the way it has been performed before. To me, there is already a definitive version of the song done that way, so I like to explore what other ways it can be expressed to bring a fresh perspective. I also think it avoids comparisons a bit more. I heard a playful wanderer in the lyrics and thought it would be fun to try a buoyant tempo and treatment.
Track 14: Follow your Road
With so many roads that seem to lead down to the sea
I wonder which road will be the right one for me
Others may fall away
Dead-ending left and right
But there is this one road
that journeys far out of sight...
Have you wondered where your road will lead you?
Maybe to a bright day of sunshine
or a starry night in heaven
or it might be you're afraid to go
afraid to go
But you've got to Follow Your Road
or you'll never know
never know
Chorus
You've gotta Follow Your Road
Follow Your Road
Follow Your Road
You've gotta Follow Your Road
Follow Your Road
Follow Your Road
You've gotta Follow Your Road
Follow Your Road
Follow Your Road
and maybe someday
your road will take you far away...
far away
We are all but travelers
Livin' in a foreign land'
just tryin' to find our way
best as we can
lookin' for an answer
and tryin' to find some love
and though we have journeyed far
you know it's not quite far enough
Have you wondered where your road will lead you?
Maybe to a song that needs singin'
or a summer rain
or it might be you're afraid to go...
afraid to go
But you've gotta Follow Your Road
Or you'll never know...
never know
Chorus
Chorus
©1979 Bob Wilson, Seawind Music and Sojourn Music, BMI