The Glory Road

As introduced by Warren: "This song is written by a dear friend of mine from North Carolina called Ray Sisk. He's a songwriter, that I grew up sneaking into clubs to hear. And he was a big influence on me and we became friends."

Personally, I like this song, because performed acoustically, with the velvety smooth Warren voice, you know what I am talking about, the lines, "won't you come along, I'll be riding on the glory road someday" are metaphorically, a song of hope, and "having dinner on the devil tonight", well, you can assign whatever significance you want, but present job is allowing me to eat better than I had been in the prior four years. So what I am getting at is that the literal reading of the lines overlaid on top of my personal experiences today -

At least I got my four hours of sleep in my own bed last night, instead of pulling an all-nighter at work.

Glory Road (by Ray Sisk, performed by Warren Haynes)

Tonight I'm gonna sleep in a good hotel
A nice warm bed, if all goes well
I've been out in the badlands, twenty one days
Tracking my bounty down

He was only a kid, maybe seventeen
But he traded love away for a streak of mean
Now he's tied to my saddle, with his head hung low
Out on the Glory Road

So all you downtown ladies, won't you
[Dress sense] down
Got some gold in my saddle bags
I'd trade it for a smile
Let have dinner on the devil tonight
Tomorrow there'll be hell to pay
Won't you come along
I'll be riding on
The Glory Road someday

Two men painted painted on a midnight sky
One slung low, the other riding high
I wonder if anybody knows just why
I had to shoot him down

And now I'd lay me down to rest
God bless the boy, my bullet in his chest
But you can't bless me, 'cause I lost my soul
Out on the Glory Road

So all you downtown ladies, won't you
[Dress sense] down
Got some gold in my saddle bags
I'd trade it for a smile
Let have dinner on the devil tonight
Tomorrow there'll be hell to pay
Won't you come along
I'll be riding on
The Glory Road someday

Won't you come along
I'll be riding on
The Glory Road someday