Southbound Jericho Parkway-Roy Orbison

[ti:Southbound Jericho Parkway] [ar:Roy Orbison] [al:The Singles Collection (1965-1973)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Southbound Jericho Parkway - Roy Orbison [00:12.88]There was a man [00:16.31]Whose memories were made up [00:20.55]Of nothing [00:23.48]He pushed the elevator button [00:28.38]And go home [00:31.10]To nothing [00:34.52]Yes his business had prospered [00:37.44]But women get lonely sometimes [00:41.01]Now she has the house [00:44.58]His son in college had dropped out [00:47.73]To expand his mind [00:51.65]And Sarah [00:52.99]His daughter had not spoken to him [00:57.55]Maybe he'd raised her the wrong way [01:04.05]He wondered [01:07.27]He checked his mailbox [01:09.19]With fingers a-tremblin' [01:11.68]No mail from anyone [01:16.76]"I'm home " he said softly [01:19.29]As he opened the door [01:21.92]And gazed at his empty apartment [01:29.58]Aching thinking [02:03.01]Southbound Jericho Parkway [02:06.47]Is what you call a one-way street [02:10.14]Southbound Jericho Parkway [02:13.74]Is what you call a one-way street [02:17.30]At 7 20 monday after New Year [02:20.92]Mister Henry Johnson [02:22.66]Leaned against the pedal [02:24.48]Aimed his Lincoln steady [02:26.27]And drove himself into a wall [02:45.71]How could a thing [02:49.03]Sush as this ever happen [02:53.37]All the community said it was shame [02:56.57]He was a good man [02:58.38]He was a clean man yeah [03:01.30]That was it: he was a good clean man [03:04.00]And his landlady said [03:05.80]He was an exemplary tenant [03:12.04]They're always nice [03:14.39]And quiet when they're all alone [03:18.61]At his age [03:33.41]The young man sat on a small woven mat [03:37.88]While the silken smoke it cirlcled over head [03:42.89]The cigarettes were there [03:45.61]To prove he didn't care [03:47.83]'Bout the contents of the telegram [03:49.97]He'd just read [03:53.05]Father father father [04:02.90]You always seemed to be so out of reach [04:07.49]And the psychedelyc sign read: peace [04:15.31]Apartment in New York [04:17.55]A girl closes the door [04:20.04]And leans against it [04:21.36]With her head bowed low [04:25.06]Thoughts raced through her mind [04:27.32]Of when she was a child [04:29.54]Raised warmly by a man she didn't know [04:34.72]Father father father [04:44.17]She wished she had phoned him yesterday [04:49.10]There were so many things she had to say [05:18.65]Henry the check is in my hands [05:29.98]Brought by the insurance man [05:35.16]To cover all my plans [05:46.11]We'll have flowers [05:51.90]Your broker will be there [05:57.38]And Sarah if she cares [06:02.67]And our boy with all his hair [06:08.50]And the sun rose [06:13.69]And the sunset [06:19.12]As it always has [06:30.36]And people yet unknown [06:35.81]Were busy being born [06:42.45]And time when past