Red Dirt Road

(album: Reboot - 2019)

I was raised off Rural Route 3
Out past where the blacktop ends
We walked to church on Sunday morning
Raced barefoot back to the Johnson's fence

That's where I first saw Mary
On that roadside picking blackberries
That summer I turned a corner in my soul
Down that red dirt road

Her daddy didn't like me much
With my shackled up GTO
I'd sneak out in the middle of the night
Throw rocks at her bedroom window
We'd turn out the headlights
Drive by the moonlight
Talk about what the future mighthold
Down a red dirt road

It's where I drank my first beer
It's where I found Jesus
Where I wrecked my first car
I tore it all to pieces
I learned the path to Heaven is full of sinners and believers
Learned that happiness on earth ain't just forhigh achievers
I've learned
I've come to know
There's life at both ends
Of that red dirt road

I went out into the world and I came back in
I lost Mary, oh I got her back again
And driving home tonight feels like I've found a long lost friend

It's where I drank my first beer
It's where I found Jesus
Where I wrecked my first car
I tore it all to pieces
I learned the path to Heaven is full of sinners and believers
Learned that happiness on earth ain't just for high achievers
Oh, I've learned
I've come to know
There's life at both ends
Oh, I've learned
I've come to know
There's life at both ends
Of that red dirt road