00:09I was raised off through Route 3, out past where the blacktop ends.
00:16We'd walk to church on Sunday morning, race barefoot back to Johnson's Fence.
00:24That's where I first saw Mary, on that roadside picking blackberries.
00:31That summer I turned a corner in my soul down that red dirt road.
00:39It's where I drank my first beer, it's where I found Jesus.
00:46Where I wrecked my first car, I tore it all to pieces.
00:51I learned the path to heaven, it's full of sinners and believers.
01:00Learned that happiness on earth ain't just for high achievers.
01:06I've come to know, there's life at both ends of that red dirt road.
01:20Her daddy didn't like me much in my shackled-up GTO.
01:27I'd sneak out in the middle of the night, throw rocks at her bedroom.
01:33We'd turn out the headlights, drive by the moonlight, talk about what the future might hold down that red dirt
01:48road.
01:50It's where I drank my first beer, it's where I found Jesus.
01:56Where I wrecked my first car, I tore it all to pieces.
02:03I learned the path to heaven, it's full of sinners and believers.
02:10Learned that happiness on earth ain't just for high achievers.
02:16I've heard, I've come to know, there's life at both ends of that red dirt road.
02:37I went out into the world and I came back in.
02:45I lost Mary, oh, I got her back again.
02:52And driving home tonight, it feels like I found a long-lost friend.
03:02It's where I drank my first beer, it's where I found Jesus.
03:09Where I wrecked my first car, I tore it all to pieces.
03:16I learned the path to heaven, it's full of sinners and believers.
03:22Learned that happiness on earth ain't just for high achievers.
03:29I've heard, I've come to know, there's life at both ends of that red dirt road.
03:37I Bernd, I guard, I'm all for garbage there.
03:47I've heard, I'm all for parchment to earth.
03:50I'm all for garbage.
