Beach Boys - Long Promised Road Lyrics

[Verse 1]
So hard to answer future's riddle
When ahead is seeming so far behind
So hard to laugh a child-like giggle
When the tears start to torture my mind
So hard to shed the life of before
To let my soul automatically soar

[Chorus]
But I hit hard at the battle that's confronting me, yeah
Knock down all the roadblocks a-stumbling me
Throw off all the shackles that are binding me down

[Verse 2]
Sew up the wounds of evolution
And the now starts to get in my way
So what if life's a revelation
If the mind speaks of only today
So real, the pain of growing in soul
Of climbing up to reality's goal

[Chorus]
But I hit hard at the battle that's confronting me, yeah
Knock down all the roadblocks a-stumbling me
Throw off all the shackles that are binding me down

[Bridge]
Long promised road
Trail starts at dawn
Carries on to the season's ending
Long promised road
Flows to the source, gentle force, never ending, never ending

[Verse 3]
So hard to lift the jewelled sceptre
When the weight turns a smile to a frown
So hard to drink of passion nectar
When the taste of life's holding me down
So hard to plant the seed of reform
To set my sights on defeating the storm

[Chorus]
But I hit hard at the battle that's confronting me, yeah
Knock down all the roadblocks a-stumbling me
Throw off all the shackles that are binding me down
But I hit hard at the battle that's confronting me, yeah
Knock down all the roadblocks a-stumbling me
Throw off all the shackles that are binding me down
But I hit hard at the battle that's confronting me, yeah
Knock down all the roadblocks a-stumbling me
Throw off all the shackles that are binding me down

[Outro]
I'd love to see you
I'd love to see you
I'd love to see you
I'd love to see you
I'd love to see you

CARL DEAN WILSON.

This is honestly the best beach boys album. Maybe they were just before their time

they absolutely were

You might even say they just wasn’t made for those times

@calistnway Good one!

i like how low volume the backup vocals are, makes Carl seem more isolated, normally they'd all be recording in the same room together and it would blend a lot more

R.I.P dear carl... Love your voice so much...
Beach boys music is pure paradise ❤️

fucking fire

I was so glad to see and hear Blondie Chaplin and the Brian Wilson Band perform this song live last month. Brian also mentioned in the introduction that Carl had composed the music for it.

The late Jack Rieley wrote some magnificent lyrics for this song. "Surf's Up" LP was always a favorite these last 40+ years.

The bridge in this song is, absolutely, flawless... one of the most beautiful I’ve ever heard in my life. RIP Carl Wilson...

Underrated album . Love the album cover too .

Probably the most symbolic album cover they had.

@Greg Heilers carl had such a beautiful voice.

Woke up with this song on my mind. So brilliant. Very much like the Rascals. Heart food

チネチッタで絶対流れる名曲

1:21 one of the most moving musical passages in rock/pop

I dig the simulated fuzz bass line! Never heard that before now.

The duller the Beach Boys became, the more the critics loved them. No wonder I don't take the critics seriously.

Are you saying this is dull? Or are you referring to their later stuff like Kokomo?

I'd rather listen to them sing about their feet

+Grachtnakk I think he's referring to this. Critics ripped apart their later stuff and (for the most part) rightfully so. No idea why someone would consider this 'dull', but critics love this, so he can only mean this.

Check out Dean F's uploads of himself singing & dancing. It's like the dude escaped a psychiatric institution & happened upon a karaoke bar.

It’s because the critics couldn’t sing like The Beach Boys.

Second verse Carl sings "So real the pain of growing in soul"

Always will be one of my favourite songs. Have been listening to this ever since i can remember

So hard to answer future's riddle
When ahead is seeming so far behind
So hard to laugh a child-like giggle
When the tears start to torture my mind
So hard to shed the life of before
To let my soul automatically soar

But I hit hard at the battle that's confronting me, yeah
Knock down all the roaddblocks a-stumbling me
Throw off all the shackles that are binding me down

Sew up the wounds of evolution
And the now starts to get in my way
So what if life's a revelation
If the mind speaks of only today
So real, the pain growing in my soul
Of climbing up to reality's goal

But I hit hard at the battle that's confronting me, yeah
Knock down all the roaddblocks a-stumbling me
Throw off all the shackles that are binding me down

Long promised road
Trail starts at dawn
Carries on to the season's ending
Long promised road
Flows to the source, gentle force, never ending, never ending

So hard to lift the jeweled sceptre
When the weight turns a smile to a frown
So hard to drink of passion nectar
When the taste of life's holding me down
So hard to plant the seed of reform
To set my sights on defeating the storm

So I hit hard at the battle that's confronting me, yeah
Knock down all the roaddblocks a-stumbling me
Throw off all the shackles that are binding me down

Oh, yeah-eah-eah-eah

Hit hard at the battle that's confronting me, yeah
Knock down all the roaddblocks a-stumbling me
Throw off all the shackles that are binding me down

Oh, yeah-eah-eah-eah

Hit hard at the battle that's confronting me, yeah
Knock down all the roaddblocks a-stumbling me
Throw off all the shackles that are binding me down

I'd love to see you
I'd love to see you
I'd love to see you
I'd love to see you
I'd love to see you

Carl 👍