They made up their minds And they start-ed pack-ing They left be-fore the sun came up that day An exi-t to et-er-nal sum-mer slack-ing But where were they go-ing with-out ev-er know-ing the way They drank up the wine And they got to talk-ing They now had more im-port-ant things to say And when the car broke down they start-ed walk-ing Where were they go-ing with-out ev-er know-ing the way A-ny-one can see the road that they walk on i-s paved wi-th gold it's al-ways sum-mer they'll ne-ver get cold they'll nev-er get hung-ry they'll nev-er get old a-and grey you can see their shad-ows wand-er-ing off so-me-where they won't make it home but they reall-y don't care they want-ed the high-way they-re hap-p-ier there to-day to-day Their chil-dren woke up and they could-n't find them they'd left be-fore the sun came up that day they just drove off and left it all be-hind em but where were they go-ing with-out ever know-ing the way A-ny-one can see the road that they walk on i-s paved wi-th gold it's al-ways sum-mer they'll ne-ver get cold they'll nev-er get hung-ry they'll nev-er get old a-and grey you can see their shad-ows wand-er-ing off so-me-where they won't make it home but they reall-y don't care they want-ed the high-way they-re hap-p-ier there to-day to-day A-ny-one can see the road that they walk on i-s paved wi-th gold it's al-ways sum-mer they'll ne-ver get cold they'll nev-er get hung-ry they'll nev-er get old a-and grey you can see their shad-ows wand-er-ing off so-me-where they won't make it home but they reall-y don't care they want-ed the high-way they-re hap-p-ier there to-day to-day