Cathie Ryan - It's A Long Road That Has No Turn lyrics

Emma worked a lifetime toward her better life

She built up her shelter in the prayers of younger nights

She made hard choices; she measured every one

Somehow she carried with her what she was running from

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It's a long road that has no turn

You need a little rest to accept what you have learned

Then you will turn

Emma gave him everything and vowed to leave no scars

Still the child she loved chose the darkness of the bars

Where did she go wrong, she tries hard to recall

She has seen her love not make a difference at all

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Leave those dreams down on the side of that road

You can stand there forever, but you can't make them get up and go

Believe me, I know

Emma walked a lifetime down that almighty road

Missing all the signposts, looking out for holes and stones

Sometimes life leaves you threadbare to the bone

And strips away every voice but the one that is your own

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