"The Ballad of Travis Rogers"

**"The Ballad of Travis Rogers"** is a song created for *Juvenile Prosperity*, composed by EDStudios. It has both a short instrumental version and a longer, lyrical version. Alternate verses of the song make up the "previously on" segment at the beginning of each episode.

In-universe, it is the song that David Mayfair/Travis Rogers composes as a sum of his experiences, on a record released under his stage name "Mr Old Soul".

## Lyrics

### Verse 1

> *On the Road I love, the Path I choose,*
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> *I know that I got None to lose*
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> *The Cornfields brown, the Clouds of grey,*
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> *I know that I won't lose my way*
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### Verse 2

> *Breather, Sleeper,*
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> *Country Roads and The Gambler*
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> *All those Voices, they carry me,*
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> *To all those Sights that I need to see*
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### Verse 3

> *From the near West, to the far East,*
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> *I've met many, both man and Beast*
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> *I've dined and drank at a poor man's feast,*
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> *Along with Those who have the least*
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### Verse 4

> *I met a girl with hair of Blue,*
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> *I said to her "Both me and you...*
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> *We both adore the Thrill of the Chase,*
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> *Let's hold Each Other as we flee this place*
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### Verse 5

> *But it was just me who ran away,*
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> *Once more searching for a Place to Stay*
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> *I'll always think of the Girl of Blue,*
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> *I wish I'd said "I love you"...*
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### Verse 6

> *Took the breath from my open Mouth,*
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> *As I sang my way to the South*
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> *I walked I hitched, I jumped I ran,*
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> *Cause it's all part of the Plan*
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### Verse 7

> *If you're hearing this, O Girl of Blue,*
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> *Just know that I still think of you*
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> *I'll wait for you by the Singing Road,*
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> *Where we lay when the Sky first showed*
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## Previously On...

### Episode 1: "Brave New World"

#### Verse 1

> *I've travelled far, from East to West,*
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> *And every Step, Has been a test*
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> *Blood and Rage, Sweat and Tears,*
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> *As I learned to face my Fears*
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#### Verse 2

> *I left behind the man I Was,*
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> *The fame and riches because*
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> *On those below us my family prey,*
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> *And now I'm Rich in a different way*
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#### Verse 3

> *The first man I met on this Journey of mine,*
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> *Pockmarked face and a distinct whine*
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> *He said to me "can I help you sir?"*
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> *And then the World became a blur*
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#### Verse 4

> *Why was I running from my Name,*
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> *With all its Riches, Glory and Fame?*
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> *Then I thought I'm not the same,*
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> *And I'm not part of the Blame*
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#### Verse 5

> *When I hit the road my mind had changed,*
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> *And now I knew I was not deranged*
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> *So I picked up a Guitar whose strings were rife,*
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> *And so began my brand new life*
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### Episode 2: "By No Means"

==== Verse 1 ====

> *Sleeping rough, Guitar in hand,*
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> *Making money as a One Man Band*
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## Trivia

* Like most of Travis' songs, "*The Ballad of Travis Rogers*" makes several references to some of his experiences on the road, including but not limited to:
	+ Walking past the cornfields of Missouri in "*By No Means*"
	+ Eating at the homeless shelter in "*By No Means*"
	+ Travelling west to California with Pennywise between "*Chaos Theory*" and "*Oh Dear Traveller*" and then down to Texas in "*Community*"
	+ Meeting and subsequently falling in love with Athena, the Girl of Blue, between "*Community*" and "*Hell Is Full*"
* Several words in the song's lyrics are incorrectly capitalised; done on purpose by Travis himself, these capitalised lyrics serve as a metaphor for Travis believing that some of the more unnoticeable parts of life - including hobos and other sights - are more human to him than anything he knew in his old life.
* In addition to being the name of the song, "*The Ballad of Travis Rogers*" is also the subtitle of the first season of *Juvenile Prosperity*, and was originally the series' title.
* Aside from Travis himself, the only character shown to have performed the song is Bernadette.