Lyrics:

The album closer on Beck’s singer-songwriter masterpiece, Sea Change, Side of the Road is marked by a wistful melody, spare instrumentation, and an intimate, hushed vocal.
Something better than this, someplace I'd like to go
To let all I've learned tell me what I know
About the kind of life I never thought I'd live
'Til the ugly truth showed me what it did

Let it pass on the side of the road
What a friend could tell me now

On a borrowed dime, in a different light
You might see what the other side looks like
In a random room behind an iron door
Kick an empty can across an empty floor

Let it pass on the side of the road
What a friend could tell me now