Songs

On Your Way

Words and music by Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers

For Lila and Ray

First day of school
In the pale morning light
In a bright flowered dress
With her backpack zipped tight
Too early to leave
So she sat in the car in the gray
She knew where she was going
She was on her way

From the hills of California
To the crush of Chennai
Indiana, New York
In the blink of an eye
So many new places and faces
To take in each day
Still she knew where she was going
She was on her way

West to east
North to south
Cross the borderline
Head and heart
Strong and true
Seek and you will find
What you will find

Deep down in Texas
At Los Fresnos High
A reader and runner
Was reaching his stride
Opportunity called
And in Houston
He stepped through the gate
With the pride of the family
He was on his way

Then somehow it happened
As fate would demand
You two found each other
In a lab in Japan
Something was brewing
Though at first you just wouldn’t say
Maybe you knew where you were going
In your quiet way

South to north
West to east
Cross the borderline
Head and heart
Strong and true
Seek and you will find
What you will
Find together now

The years of long distance
The calls and the drives
The research, the writing
Your eyes on the prize
And now we are gathered
In love on this beautiful day
We’re with you as you’re going
You are on your way

© Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers Music (ASCAP)