I was raised off of old Route 3
  Out past where the blacktop ends
  We walked to church on Sunday morning
  Race barefoot back to the Johnson's fence
  That's where I first saw Mary
  On that roadside pickin' blackberries
  That summer I turned a corner in my soul
  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
    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 might hold
  Down a 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