The Church On Cumberland Road

(album: The Road Not Taken - 1989)

Just about a mile off-a one-oh-nine,
There's a little church sitting back in the pines.
I promised that girl she was gonna be mine;
I wouldn't be surprised if she was standing there crying.

Wo-ah, I didn't know this bored-out Ford could go so slow.
Wo-ah, You got to put your foot down on the floor,
Yeah we've been rocking all night, now, don't you know
You gotta get me to the church on Cumberland Road.

Billy's passed out in the back, But I think he's alive.
Bobby's got his head hanging over the side.
Here we are doing only ninety-five.
What's the matter with you, man? I thought you said you could drive!

Wo-ah, I didn't know this bored-out Ford could go so slow.
Wo-ah, You got to put your foot down on the floor,
Yeah we've been rocking all night, now, don't you know
You gotta get me to the church on Cumberland Road.

Sweeter than the dew on a honeysuckle vine,
Hotter than noon on the Fourth of July,
Cutest little girl that I ever have known
Waiting at the church on Cumberland Road.

Wo-ah, I didn't know this bored-out Ford could go so slow.
Wo-ah, You got to put your foot down on the floor,
Yeah we've been rocking all night, now, don't you know
You gotta get me to the church on Cumberland Road.