[Intro]
Midnight rides
(Through the mist)
Hooves pound hard
(What’s that I missed?)
[Instrumental Intro: Deep Sub Bass, Echoed Guitar Swells, Horse-trot Tribal Percussion, Low-Frequency Drone Building From Near-inaudible Rumble]
A shadow crosses
The moonlit road
Something’s coming
(Heavy load)
[Verse 1]
Headless rider
On a midnight ride
Looking for something
He can’t find outside
He hears a voice
From somewhere near
Turns his horse
And disappears
A little farther
Down the way
Something strange
Begins to say:
[Pre-Chorus]
Who’s got the answer?
(Who knows?)
Where does the road go?
(Who knows?)
Left or right?
(Which one tonight?)
Pick your poison
(Hold on tight!)
[Refrain]
The headless horseman said:
“What’s that on the road…”
(A head)
Dread…
(If it is mine)
This hairless ape…
(Lookin’ for an escape)
… in the nick of time
[Verse 2]
I saw the horseman
I saw the head
I saw him looking
At what lay ahead
He said, “That’s funny
I know that face…”
Then his horse
Picked up the pace
“Is that my head?”
(He couldn’t tell)
“Maybe I’m dreaming…”
(What the hell?)
A head in the roadway
A horse in the night
A man with no head
Trying to make things right
[Break]
Came to a fork
(In the road)
Feelin’ like a dork
(Heart might explode)
Left goes nowhere
(Right looks worse)
Choose your direction
(Or choose the curse!)
[Chorus]
Fork in the road!
(Fork in the road!)
Which way to go?
(Which way to go?)
A… Head on the road!
(Ahead on the road!)
What do you know?
When the choices split
And the signs don’t show
You gotta pick a path
And let the other go
[Verse 3]
The horseman points
To the left-hand lane
The ape says,
“Buddy, are you insane?”
The horse goes right
Without a word
The rider screams
(That’s absurd!)
Found the answer
First, make the choice
Head to the light
Hear your voice
[Bridge]
Fork!
(In the road!)
Fork!
(What’s the code?)
Ahead!
(Where’s your head?)
Dread!
(What he said!)
Left!
(Right!)
Wrong!
(Or right?)
[Breakdown]
The horseman rides
The road divides
The moon hangs low
The river flows
A head rolls left
A horse rolls right
The ape runs screaming
Into the night!
[Instrumental]
[Galloping drums]
[Howling guitar]
[Spooky organ]
[Final Chorus]
Fork in the road!
(Fork in the road!)
Feelin’ like a dork!
(Heart might explode!)
Ahead in the road!
(A head in the road!)
[Final Refrain]
The headless horseman said:
“What’s that on the road…”
(A head)
Dread…
(If it is mine)
This hairless ape…
(Lookin’ for escape)
… in the nick of time
[Outro]
Fork in the road…
Pick a side…
Off with the pride!
From the album “I Dunno“