Further On Up the Road
Gary Moore & Albert Collins Lyrics
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Someone's gonna hurt you like you hurt me.
Further on up the road
Someone's gonna hurt you like you hurt me.
Further on up the road
Just you wait and see.
Now you're laughing pretty baby,
You're laughing pretty baby,
But one day you'll be cryin'.
Further on up the road
You'll see I wasn't lyin'.
Further on up the road
Someone's gonna hurt you like you hurt me.
Further on up the road
Someone's gonna hurt you like you hurt me.
Further on up the road
Just you wait and see.
Here we go.
Now you're laughing pretty baby,
But one day you'll be cryin'.
You're laughing pretty baby,
But one day you'll be cryin'.
Further on up the road
You'll see I wasn't lyin'.
Further on up the road
Someone's gonna hurt you like you hurt me.
Further on up the road
Someone's gonna hurt you like you hurt me.
Further on up the road
Just you wait and see, yeah.
Now you're laughing pretty baby,
But one day you'll be cryin'.
You're laughing pretty baby,
But one day you'll be cryin'.
Further on up the road
You'll see I wasn't lyin'.
Further on up the road.
Further on up the road.
Further on up the road.
Further on up the road.
Further on up the road.
Further on up the road.
Further on up the road.
Further on up the road.
Further on up the road.
Further on up the road, yeah.
Further on up the road
Someone's gonna hurt you.
The song "Further On Up The Road" by Gary Moore & The Midnight Blues Band is a heart-wrenching blues tune about the inevitability of karma. The opening lines suggest that someone will hurt the singer the way that the singer has hurt them before. Through the repetition of "just you wait and see," the singer is warning the person who hurt him that eventually, there will be a reckoning, and they will pay for their actions. The idea of the cyclical nature of life is conveyed in the lyrics "Now you're laughing pretty baby, but one day you'll be crying." The singer is pointing out that they have seen this happen before, and they know it will happen again.
The repetition of "further on up the road" suggests that this cycle of pain and hurt will continue, and the song leaves the listener with the impression that there is no way to break the cycle. The final line, "someone's gonna hurt you," implies that the singer is not the only one who has been hurt, and that the person who hurt him will continue to hurt others.
Overall, Gary Moore & The Midnight Blues Band's "Further On Up The Road" is a powerful song that conveys the message that what goes around comes around. The cycle of hurt and pain must be broken for any real change to happen.
Line by Line Meaning
Further on up the road
In the future or at a later time, when you have moved on from our relationship
Someone's gonna hurt you like you hurt me.
Someone will treat you with the same pain and heartbreak as you treated me
Just you wait and see.
You don't believe this now, but it will happen and you will experience the same pain
Now you're laughing pretty baby,
You may be happy now and find joy in hurting me, but
But one day you'll be cryin'.
One day you will experience the same hurt and pain that you caused me
You'll see I wasn't lyin'.
You will come to realize that what I said was true
Here we go.
It's happening, the future I warned you about is coming true
Further on up the road.
As time goes on and life moves forward without us
Further on up the road, yeah.
We will both inevitably experience pain and heartbreak again
Further on up the road
Someone's gonna hurt you.
Just as you hurt me
Lyrics Β© Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: DON ROBEY, M VEASEY JOE
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
bluesdjben
I love how Albert knows that while he's not a shredder like Gary, he can talk with his guitar like nobody else. Always fun to see great players together.
G Hill
How was Gary Moore not more popular than he was? It's always mystified me.
SELLAVISION
I think it's because he only toured Europe once he went solo. He was such a talent.
progmeup
@SELLAVISION Yeah, he was afraid of flying. Also didn't like to do small venues, at least in his pre-blues days... he really could have cashed in on some of his 90s success but alas...
bluetoothhag
PHEW...this one whipped me into a frenzy! isn't it amazing of the talent that comes and goes in our lives......? here are 2 great ones!
Happy face
Love these two together.
Michael Crowley
These guys had the music wrapped up, they both done so much for music, we play their albums regularly may they rest in peace.
Stuart Alexander
Just doesn't get any better than Gary πβ€οΈ
Guillermo Melametz
Que puedo decir que ya no se haya dicho espero que en el cielo sigan tocando
Saludos
K
Hell yeah!! 2 of the greatest ever!
Their smiles say it all. Lighten up on the small stuff!