Roy Orbison — Southbound Jericho Parkway

There was a man whose memories were made up Of nothing He pushed the elevator button, and go home To nothing Yes his business had prospered but women get lonely sometimes, now she has the house His son in college had dropped out To expand his mind And Sarah, his daughter had not spoken to him Maybe he'd raised her the wrong way He wondered He checked his mailbox, with fingers a-tremblin' No mail, from anyone "I'm home?" he said softly, as he opened the door and gazed at his empty apartment Aching, thinking Southbound Jericho Parkway Is what you call a one-way street Southbound Jericho Parkway Is what you call a one-way street At 7.20, monday after New Year Mister Henry Johnson leaned against the pedal Aimed his Lincoln steady and drove himself into a wall How could a thing sush as this ever happen All the community said it was shame He was a good man,he was a clean man. yeah That was it: he was a good, clean man And his landlady said he was an exemplary tenant They're always nice and quiet when they're all alone At his age The young man sat, on a small woven mat While the silken smoke it cirlcled over head The cigarettes were there to prove he didn't care 'Bout the contents of the telegram he'd just read Father, father, father You always seemed to be so out of reach And the psychedelyc sign read: peace Apartment in New York, a girl closes the door And leans against it with her head bowed low Thoughts raced through her mind Of when she was a child Raised warmly by a man she didn't know Father, father, father She wished she had phoned him yesterday There were so many things she had to say Henry, the check is in my hands Brought by the insurance man to cover all my plans We'll have flowers, your broker will be there And Sarah, if she cares, and our boy with all his hair And the sun rose,and the sunset As it always has And people yet unknown, were busy being born And time when past