John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band is the name of an American rock ban… Read Full Bio ↴John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band is the name of an American rock band of the 1970s and 1980s, from Narragansett, Rhode Island. Originally known as simply Beaver Brown, the group (consisting of John Cafferty (born ca. 1950) on vocals, Gary Gramolini on guitar, Patrick Lupo on bass, Kenny Jo Silva on drums, Bobby Cotoia on piano, and Michael "Tunes" Antunes on saxophone) initially established a popular following throughout Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Massachusetts.

They achieved their greatest fame when they performed the music of a fictional band in the hit 1983 movie Eddie and the Cruisers. The film produced a Top 10 soundtrack album and a #7 hit single ("On the Dark Side").

The group's 1985 follow-up album Tough All Over made the top 50, getting some attention for "C.I.T.Y" and the title track. Another song from that album, "Voice of America's Sons", was the featured theme song on the official motion picture soundtrack of the movie Cobra (film) starring Sylvester Stallone. [[1]] Subsequent releases were mostly sequels to the Eddie and the Cruisers concept, and Cafferty and the band faded from popular consciousness.

Prior to Cobra (film), the band's song Hearts on Fire was featured in another Stallone film, film Rocky IV [[2]], and has been used in several parodies. They were also referenced in the Sean Connery/French Stewart/Burt Reynolds edition of Celebrity Jeopardy! on Saturday Night Live.

They still tour sporadically.

Open Road
John Cafferty Lyrics

Jump to: Overall Meaning ↴ Line by Line Meaning ↴

As I ride this lonesome highway
The desert wind across my face
My mind slowly wanders
To another time? Another place

When the world was so much younger
With no reason to hold back
And we weren't so afraid of losing

All the things we'd never had

[Chorus]
Those days are gone forever
Time to kiss the past goodbye
Meet me out tonight
On the open road

Baby we belong together
If I had you by my side
Meet my out tonight
On the open road

Your had a dream you once believed in
That burned inside you like a fire
And that big wheel kept on turning
Somehow that dream it passed you by

Now that fire just keeps on burning
Leaves only hunger and desire
Gotta find yourself a new dream
And leave the rest behind

[Chorus]

Baby we belong together
If I had you by my side
Meet my out tonight
On the open road

Somewhere over the horizon
Where the darkness meets the light
We'll marry all our dreams together
Out on this open road tonight

[Chorus]

Baby we belong together
If I had you by my side
Meet my out tonight
On the open road

[Chorus]

On the open road [Repeat: x3]

Overall Meaning

The song "Open Road" by John Cafferty is about a person who is riding on a lonely highway, with the desert wind blowing across their face, and their mind slowly wanders off to another time and place. The song talks about a time when the world was much younger and there was no reason to hold back, and the people were not afraid to lose the things they never had. The chorus of the song asks for the person's lover to meet them out tonight on the open road.

The song motivates the listener to pursue their dreams and leave their past behind. It talks about how there was a time when the person had a dream that burned inside them like a fire, but somehow that dream passed them by. Even though the fire is still burning, it only leaves them with hunger and desire. The song suggests that people need to find themselves a new dream and leave the rest behind.

Overall, "Open Road" is a song that inspires people to keep moving forward, chasing dreams, and leaving their past behind.

Line by Line Meaning

As I ride this lonesome highway
As I travel on this solitary road

The desert wind across my face
The wind of the desert touching my face

My mind slowly wanders
My thoughts drift aimlessly

To another time? Another place
To a different time and location

When the world was so much younger
When the earth was newer and inexperienced

With no reason to hold back
Without a motive to restrain oneself

And we weren't so afraid of losing
And we did not dread the idea of losing

All the things we'd never had
All the things we had not yet experienced

Those days are gone forever
Those days never return

Time to kiss the past goodbye
Time to leave the past behind