written by Marc Cohn & Paul Galdston
How many roads you’ve traveled
How many dreams you’ve chased
Across sand and sky and gravel
Looking for one safe place
Will you make a smoother landing
When you break your fall from grace
Into the arms of understanding
Looking for one safe place
Life is trial by fire
And love’s the sweetest taste
And I pray it lifts us higher
To one safe place
How many roads we’ve traveled
How many dreams we’ve chased
Across sand and sky and gravel
Looking for one safe place
Marc Cohn has solidified his place as one of this generation’s most compelling singer-songwriters, combining the precision of a brilliant tunesmith with the passion of a great soul man. Rooted in the rich ground of American rhythm and blues, soul and gospel and possessed of a deft storyteller’s pen, he weaves vivid, detailed, often drawn-from-life tales that evoke some of our most universal human feelings: love, hope, faith, joy, heartbreak. Learn more
Hear Marc Cohn perform One Safe Place. (first released on the CD “The Very Best of Marc Cohn” (2006), this recording was done at WFPK studios in 2013. Marc Cohn (guitar) is accompanied by Glenn Patcha on keyboards. See Marc Cohn’s complete Discography.