The Road to Hell (Part 1 & 2) Songtext
von Chris Rea

Stood still on a highway
I saw a woman
By the side of the road
With a face that I knew like my own

Reflected in my window
Well she walked up to my quarter light
And she bent down real slow

A fearful pressure paralysed me in my shadow
She said ′son what are you doing here

My fear for you has turned me in my grave'
I said ′mama I come to the valley of the rich
Myself to sell'
She said 'son this is the road to hell′

On your journey cross the wilderness
From the desert to the well
You have strayed upon the motorway to hell


Well I′m standing by a river
But the water doesn't flow
It boils with every poison you can think of
And I′m underneath the streetlight
But the light of joy I know
Scared beyond belief way down in the shadows

And the perverted fear of violence
Chokes the smile on every face
And common sense is ringing out the bell

This ain't no technological breakdown
This is the road to Hell

And all the roads jam up with credit
And there′s nothing you can do
It's all just bits of paper
Flying away from you

Oh look out world
Take a good look what comes down here
You must learn this lesson fast and learn it well

This ain′t no upwardly mobile freeway
Oh no, this is the road, said this is the road
This is the road to Hell