[00:11.02]There was a mother, mary, in Dresden[00:14.34]Her man did not come home one night[00:17.12]She fell asleep holding her pillow[00:20.22]so tight[00:23.01]Then in the morning she had a phone[00:25.81]call[00:26.07]From the police telling he was dead[00:29.10]He had been drunk and had drowned[00:32.10]in the local river[00:36.39]Hey ho the road is long[00:38.87]We all need to carry on[00:41.51]I guess we need a song to take us[00:44.48]through the day[00:48.53]The same mather, mary,in Dresden[00:50.82]She had a son age 19[00:53.88]His name was Jim and he was the pride[00:56.63]of his mother[01:00.30]One day he got a letter[01:02.91]From the army saying "we need you[01:05.07]in war"[01:05.89]And there he went a thousand times[01:08.77]self-assured[01:12.43]Hey Ho the road is long[01:15.44]We all need to carry on[01:18.69]I guess we need a song to take us[01:21.30]through the day[01:24.73]6 month passed and the mother[01:27.44]Had got a letter or two from her son[01:30.69]She had begun to prepare for his return[01:36.62]One day while she was doing laundry[01:39.60]An army car drove up on the lawn[01:42.25]And out stepped Jims best friend[01:44.51]And Mary bursted out into tears[01:48.88]Hey Ho the road is long[01:51.74]We all need to carry on[01:54.42]I guess we need a song to take us[01:57.17]through the day[02:11.71]Now Susanna was the only[02:16.04]Child that Mary had left[02:19.30]She was a breath-taking living beauty[02:21.67]of 15[02:24.92]On the night of her first prom[02:28.02]She disappeared without a sound[02:30.74]After 7 moths they still hadn't heard a[02:34.56]sound[02:37.34]Hey Ho the road is long[02:40.53]We all need to carry on[02:42.96]I guess we need a song to take us[02:46.20]through the day[02:49.48]Heart heavy as a stone[02:51.95]Mary was alone[02:55.28]She went down on her knees[02:57.88]And prayed to the lord, please[03:01.81]I am alone[03:04.80]All my birds have flown[03:07.84]And now i fly to you[03:10.11]Don't you dare fail me too![03:17.82]Hey Ho the road is long[03:21.58]We all need to carry on[03:24.48]I guess we need a song to take us[03:27.20]through the day[03:30.91]Hey Ho the road is long[03:33.52]To carry on you will need a song[03:36.00]To cheer you up and to remind you things[03:39.66]will be fine[03:51.29]