Put Your Foot Upon The Path - Gillian Welch

You’ve been living fancy fine

You’ve been doing as you please

This life of your design

Will bring you to your knees

'Cause there is no road so rough

Even angels feel the tread

But when you lose enough

No more circus and no more bread

Put your foot upon the path

Put your hands upon a plow

Never be afraid to laugh

Just be glad that you know how

You can turn your head away

You can drive against the wind

You may leave another day

You may never laugh again

You could read your heart

Like a book upon the shelf

Would you wrestle with the part

Be afraid to be yourself

'Cause the lines are very thin

Your bluff is already called

It’s a long, hard road of sin

And that first step feels like a fall

Put your foot upon the path

Put your hands upon a plow

Never be afraid to laugh

Just be glad that you know how

You can turn your head away

You can drive against the wind

You may leave another day

You may never laugh again

You may never laugh again