The Road You Leave Behind

I remember the night my dad stopped the car

And got out in the rain

Changed a blown-out tire on a car

For a family with out-of-state plates

I said, "Dad, did we know those folks?"

As they waved and drove outta sight

He just smiled as he started the car

He said, "Son, not till tonight"

You see, the road you leave behind you

Is another road you're gonna have to come back down

It's just the way this big old world turns round

You'll find somehow, somewhere

Someplace, sometime

You gotta go back down the road you leave behind

Stuck out on the highway one night

Many years gone by

I had the hood of my truck pulled up

My old gas tank was dry

Some old guy gettin' off on the night shift

Pulled up to check on me

He said, "I've been in your shoes before, son

And it's no place to be"

You see, the road you leave behind you

Is another road you're gonna have to come back down

It's just the way this big old world turns round

You'll find somehow, somewhere

Someplace, sometime

You gotta go back down the road you leave behind

I said, "What do I owe you, friend?

You could easily pass me by"

He said, "Next time it might be me, son

You don't owe me a dime"

You see, the road you leave behind you

Is another road you're gonna have to come back down

It's just the way this big old world turns round

You'll find somehow, somewhere

Someplace, sometime

You gotta go back down the road you leave behind

Down the road you leave behind

The road you leave behind

It's that old road you leave behind

Down the road you leave behind

The road you leave behind