One day I picked up the guitar and began strumming the chord progression to this tune and the words and melody "Along the way,...we may stumble along the way..." simultaneously flew from my mouth. Whenever this happens my instinct is to grab a recording device and continue. Glad I did because the remainder of this song essentially flowed in much the same way. I didn't stop and think about the lyrics or what they meant. That is often the beginning of the end of the process. Instead, I just let them continue to trickle out and before I knew it the title track was born.
We've been performing this song as a show-closer because it has a natural "see you next time (or "we'll see you along the way") feel to it. But something tells me that will change soon. It may even become an opener...Who knows. One thing's for sure: I love singing this one and am forever thankful it came to me in the fashion it did.
We recorded this song on the first or second take. It went to tape much the way it was born. Effortlessly. And those backing vocals Tom and Pat created still give me the chills. Don't know why, but they do...
Lyrics
Along the Way
Along the way We may stumble along the way
While out reaching for today
Along the way, along the way
There’s always something lost along the way
Hey we may fade but may we never lose our way
As long as we keep saying “hey, it’s okay, it’s okay, it’s okay)
Then nothing really matters anyway
Chorus:
And every time we shut the evening light
And every time I hear the geese in flight
Every time blue skies turn gray
Something gets lost along the way
Something here, we just may have something here
By now it’s crystal clear
You and me, Hey we…
We just may have something here
Chorus:
Lately I’ve lost the way
Can’t let go of yesterday
There’s something about a photograph
There’s something about the way you laugh
Lately I don’t feel a thing
Got a bell can’t make it ring
Got a bird but she won’t sing
Want it all but I’ll take half
Pass it on, there’s just no need to carry on
Nothing should lead you on
Lead you on, lead you on…
By then you should be gone
Where does time go? Finer minds will never know
It’s like a sudden gale that comes to blow
And takes you places you don’t know
And away the time will go
And away we go