Dirt Road to Heaven

I like drivin’ alone sometimes

Turnin’ left when I oughta turn right

Heavy on the pedal till the street signs lead to nowhere

No, I don’t listen to the radio

Just the tires on the open road

Homeward bound with the sound of that North wind blowin’

Wheels rollin’

To the freedom out beyond them downtown lights

The feelin’ when you hit them Norway Pines

That reach up and touch the sky,

That’s where I’m headin’

When the man upstairs, he calls me back

I’ll take a one-way drive down a gravel path

And watch my last Minnesota sun settin’

And I’ll go out

To cricket sounds

With the windows down

On this dirt road to Heaven

It’s where my daddy built a pinewood shack

Had to cross a river and a railroad track

And to think he did all that just to take us fishin’

I drank my first Milwaukee’s Best

Out on the lake that the good Lord blessed

I swear you can hear his voice if you just listen

Yeah I’m missin’

The freedom out beyond them downtown lights

The feelin’ when you hit them Norway Pines

That reach up and touch the sky,

That’s where I’m headin’

When the man upstairs, he calls me back

I’ll take a one-way drive down a gravel path

And watch my last Minnesota sun settin’

On this dirt road to Heaven

Yeah I pray I’ve got a lot of good years

Before they put me in the ground out here

Where the worries of the world all disappear

In the freedom out beyond them downtown lights

The feelin’ when you hit them Norway Pines

That reach up and touch the sky,

That’s where I’m headin’

When the man upstairs, he calls me back

I’ll take a one-way drive down a gravel path

And watch my last Minnesota sun settin’

And I’ll go out

To cricket sounds

With the windows down

Yeah, lay my last rubber on the edge of that sleepy town

And go pick up Grandpa,

Cause he always loved ridin’ ‘round

This dirt road to Heaven