I was raised off of

Rural Route 3

Out past

where the blacktop ends

We'd walk to church

on Sunday morning

Race barefoot

back to 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

In 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 might hold

Down that 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 for high 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

and I've come to know

There's life at both ends

Of that red dirt road