The road is a bandstand behind chicken wire
Someone with too much to drink
All of your clothes smelling like smoke
The sound of glass bottles tossed and broken into a trash can
A tip bell ringing
Playing to one table
Playing to only the bartender
Going home early
The road is wondering how long the gig will last
The road is Peachtree Street in Atlanta
Duval Street in Key West
Fowler Avenue in Tampa
Dixie Highway and 17-92
The road is The Club Juana
The Link Inn
The C Room
The Factory, OB’s, Cheshire Cat, The Blue Room
The Back Door, The Other Door, The Red Door
The Beach Club, Soul City, The Night Beat
Moe’s Missle Lounge, The Cork Room, Scarlet O’hara’s
The four o’clock club, Club Mary, The Red Lion
A frat house in some college town
A Holiday Inn
A Sheridan Hotel
Places and towns I’ve since forgot
The Road Is