On The Road
The Lads Lyrics

The Lads's song "On the Road to Dreamland" is a lullaby that speaks of the inevitability of waking up from a beautiful dream and having to return to reality. The lyrics suggest a sense of comfort and tenderness as the singer bids farewell to his "baby" and prepares to enter the dreamland. The repetition of "bye bye baby" adds to the feeling of reluctance in leaving the dream world and returning to the real world.

The song speaks explicitly of the road to dreamland, a place where the "little cherubs trot" and where the moon "blows his top in the blue." The use of a dreamland as a metaphor for a peaceful and serene place where one can escape the harsh reality of the world is evident throughout the song. The moon blowing his top in the blue could refer to the surreal nature of the dreamland, where even the moon loses its gravity and behaves abnormally.

The lyrics also suggest that the dreamland experience was short-lived, as the singer acknowledges that it was "divine but the rooster has finally crowed." The use of the rooster could refer to the concept of time, as roosters generally crow at daybreak, indicating the beginning of a new day. The repetition of "time to hit the road" emphasizes that the time in the dreamland has come to an end, and it's time to return to the reality of the waking world.