[1st verse:] Once a boy met a man who was famous Filled with envy the boy sadly sighed "Oh, how happy I'd be If such fame smiled on me" Then the famous man replied [Refrain:] The road that leads to fortune and fame Is paved with gold in your dreams But after you've journeyed and reached your aim It seldom is all that it seems To have, to hold, to love and caress Is all we can ask from above For the road that leads to happiness Is the road that leads to love [2nd verse:] On the highway of love ev'ry milestone Is an Angel from Heaven above All the world will be bright If you turn to the right To the road that leads to love
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