The Prairie Scholars: FREE MUSIC
The Open Road (ballad of Ronnie and Darla)
Story about a man who's lady (Darla) get stolen away by another man (Ronnie) who takes her off to New Mexico. So, the man follows them intent on murdering them both.
The Open Road (ballad of Ronnie and Darla):
Buy me a coat and teach me to whistle, buy me steak and leave on the gristle
And I’ll walk from here to where my heart does roam
My telephone is always ringing, like the bluebirds always singing
They’re telling me that I should go back home
The open road, the open road
The open road, is calling me so I must go
I once knew a boy named Ronnie, he was tall handsome and scrawny
And he took from me everything I loved
Her name was Darla, I loved her so, she went with Ronnie to New Mexico
And I’m following on foot and some by train
I’ll catch up in a week or two, as they’re kissing in his VW
And I’ll keep an eye and see where they call home
I’ll wait in the bushes and hold it steady, I’ll keep my knife sharp and ready
And I’ll wait for dawn when Ronnie goes to work
Just what has become of me as I look in upon this lovely scene
Of a man loving a woman I too love
I think I’ll go into the forest and die by my own hand and my own knife
Cause she said I could go to hell