The Only Road

"The Only Road"
XYZ album cover
Recorded by Andy Summers
Released:	1987
Recorded:	Summer 1986
Length:	3:40
Album(s):	XYZ
Label(s):	MCA
Writer(s):	Andy Summers
Producer(s):	David Hentschel, Andy Summers
Studio(s):	Devo Studios
Released as single:	YES, B-SIDE, or NO

"The Only Road" is a song written by Andy Summers and recorded by Andy Summers in 1986.

About the song

The song was originally recorded in a very symphonic way, with a classical guitar part played over a huge synth orchestra backing track.

Personnel

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Release History

Albums

"The Only Road" appears on the following album releases (please see links for further details on each title):

Cover art	Album title	Catalog no.	Release country	Format	Release date
	XYZ	DMCF 3382	UK	CD	1987-MM-DD

Singles

CD Singles

Cover art	Catalog no.	Songs	Release date	Release country
	Catalog no.	"Song"(s)	YYYY-MM-DD	Country

7" Singles

Cover art	Catalog no.	A-side song/B-side song	Release date	Release country
	Catalog no.	"A-side song"/"B-side song"	YYYY-MM-DD	Country

12" Singles

Cover art	Catalog no.	A-side song(s)/B-side song(s)	Release date	Release country
	Catalog no.	"A-side song"/"B-side song" (add more songs as necessary)	1979-12-01	Country

Video

"SONG TITLE" appears on the following video and dvd releases:

Cover art	Video title	Release date	Release country
	Video or dvd title	YYYY-MM-DD	Country

Awards, nominations, and certifications

Awards

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Year	Winner	Award	Category
YYYY	WINNER (album, song, producer, etc.)	AWARD (Grammy, People's Choice, etc.)	CATEGORY

Nominations

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Year	Nominee	Award	Category
YYYY	NOMINEE (album, song, producer, etc.)	AWARD (Grammy, People's Choice, etc.)	CATEGORY

Certifications

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Country	Certifier	Classification	Certification
COUNTRY	CERTIFIER (RIAA, IFPI...)	CLASSIFICATION (Album, singles, foreign artist...)	CERTIFICATION (Gold, Platinum, Diamond...)

Lyrics

The world was given by his hold grace
the hand of god must touch upon that place
we can't allow that kind of primitive
show them the book and teach them how to live

Their words were strange we didn't understand
two men in black who had a holy man
they said that we must hear their sacred verse
we didn't know if we were blessed or cursed

They said they'd come - they would build a road
we'll burn your trees down we'll give you clothes
teach your children how to read and write
our God will watch you each and every night
we didn't want their God we had the sun
our spirits moved inside of every one

They were sleeping

They runed their light upon our innocence
gave us pain - gave us no release
we offered flowers to our spirit guide
can you help us for me must decide

Are we sleeping

The answer came we heard it in the wind
these men have lied and you have never sinned
they're men like you - they know no better way
give them to me upon their seventh day

When they're sleeping

And so it happened on the seventh night
when the moon was shining high and bright
our people took them like the message said
our spirit happy that their god was dead

Now they're sleeping

Quotations and trivia

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Alternative and cover versions

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See also

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External links

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References

source: 1987-09 Music & Sound Output