[ti:Long Promised Road]
[ar:The Beach Boys]
[al:Greatest Hits Vol. 3: Best of the Brother Years 1970-1986]
[00:03.00]So hard to answer future's riddle
[00:06.07]When ahead is seeming so far behind
[00:08.30]
[00:10.96]So hard to laugh a child-like giggle
[00:13.82]When the tears start to torture my mind
[00:16.72]
[00:18.88]So hard to shed the life of before
[00:21.28]
[00:22.25]To let my soul automatically soar
[00:25.28]
[00:25.88]But I hit hard at the battle that's confronting me  yeah
[00:30.82]Knock down all the roaddblocks a-stumbling me
[00:34.11]Throw off all the shackles that are binding me down
[00:38.46]
[00:42.49]Sew up the wounds of evolution
[00:44.59]
[00:45.71]And the now starts to get in my way
[00:48.49]
[00:50.02]So what if life's a revelation
[00:53.06]If the mind speaks of only today
[00:55.58]
[00:58.17]So real  the pain growing in my soul
[01:01.41]Of climbing up to reality's goal
[01:04.27]
[01:05.12]But I hit hard at the battle that's confronting me  yeah
[01:09.87]Knock down all the roaddblocks a-stumbling me
[01:13.69]Throw off all the shackles that are binding me down
[01:17.30]
[01:21.22]Long promised road
[01:23.06]
[01:25.36]Trail starts at dawn
[01:27.12]Carries on to the season's ending
[01:29.22]
[01:37.55]Long promised road
[01:38.91]
[01:41.40]Flows to the source  gentle force  never ending  never ending
[01:49.54]
[01:53.15]So hard to lift the jeweled sceptre
[01:56.73]When the weight turns a smile to a frown
[01:59.47]
[02:01.50]So hard to drink of passion nectar
[02:04.25]When the taste of life's holding me down
[02:07.01]
[02:09.33]So hard to plant the seed of reform
[02:12.07]
[02:12.69]To set my sights on defeating the storm
[02:16.25]So I hit hard at the battle that's confronting me  yeah
[02:21.17]Knock down all the roaddblocks a-stumbling me
[02:23.48]
[02:25.08]Throw off all the shackles that are binding me down
[02:28.41]
[02:29.24]Oh  yeah-eah-eah-eah
[02:43.70]
[02:48.72]Hit hard at the battle that's confronting me  yeah
[02:52.01]Knock down all the roaddblocks a-stumbling me
[02:55.32]
[02:56.37]Throw off all the shackles that are binding me down
[02:59.81]
[03:01.12]Oh  yeah-eah-eah-eah
[03:03.73]Hit hard at the battle that's confronting me  yeah
[03:08.06]Knock down all the roaddblocks a-stumbling me
[03:11.12]
[03:12.04]Throw off all the shackles that are binding me down
[03:15.56]
[03:18.16]I'd love to see you
[03:19.53]I'd love to see you
[03:20.68]
[03:21.80]I'd love to see you
[03:23.17]I'd love to see you
[03:24.56]
[03:25.70]I'd love to see you