Martin Sexton

Golden Road

Martin Sexton


Take it like a man they said 
Take your medicine
Find a golden road and stand 
Then I saw exactly what they meant. 

Find my homeboys on the dusky road 
Who couldn't give a should about their life 
Heed their words of faded brown 
Then live it and sing about their strife.

Then bring your song to the river at sunrise 
Sing that song 'til the river runs clean 
It will happen to you 
As its happened to me 
Won't you sing that lovely song for me 
It's alright mama

Let your children be loud 
Watch them run into trouble 
So they can figure it out

We spread our seeds far 'cross this land 
Hoping they'd fall on good ground. 
A vaccination in the sun and rain shine 
And take a good long hard look around. 

Then bring your song to the river at sunrise 
Sing that song 'til the river runs clean 
It will happen to you 
As its happened to me 
Come clean with me 
It's alright mama

Let your children be loud 
Watch them run into trouble 
'Cause trouble's their medicine 
Mama take your medicine.