I see the morning breaking, painting colors in the sky For a moment I am taking by the minutes Passing by Before the world comes calling I hold tight to the life That I chose There's faces I remember, places I forget Every highway town looks the same the further out I get Lighthouse in the rear view fades With coming of the storm But north, south, east, west Anywhere I go I carry my lady, my love My compass rose She's a dancer, she's a lover, she's a never ending smile Got thorns to make you bleed and leave you crying like a child She's the guiding white line And the dead end sign in the road But north, south, east, west Anywhere I go I carry my lady, my love My compass rose There's love songs on the radio and peddles in the breeze There's traces of her perfume in every breath I breathe No matter far and wide, she is by my side Calling out to me And north, south, east, west Anywhere I go, an arrow buried deep inside My weathered weary soul Both hands on the steering wheel She's bringing me back home I carry my lady, my love I carry my lady, my love My compass rose