Keep on reaching

keep on running
down that long black road
you'll find sunshine and showers
and maybe love to behold
but, can you keep a secret?

keep on reaching
up for that higher ground
but don't keep on preaching
from that book you found
can you keep a secret?

i can play it on an old guitar
you can sing it like a monkey man
don't speak of soul 'cause you've got none
and all the kids in a funky bar
dressing down like the bogeyman
if they don't mind and you don't mind
i'm gonna write that in a song

but, can you keep a secret?

on the cover of a magazine
you wore a face that i've seldom seen
you spilled your guts but you've got none
you’re driving round in a beat up car
that you found on the road you run
if they don't mind and you don't mind
i'm gonna write that in a song

can you keep a secret?

keep on reaching up for that higher ground...