Two roads appear in the desert eve And I, helpless to choose For both could be empty, what can I see In the headlights as night time descends The silhouette of a distant scene The first is lined with gravel and stone Twisting away into scrub The other is paved, it may be safe Though as for that who passes knows And it goes on into setting sun Nothing is sure in fading light Are thieves waiting in the black To take from me possibility How can I choose only one And leave the other road unknown I will remember this turn, sometime So many miles from now Two roads appeared in the desert night I took the one less travelled by Who knows what difference it made