I was raised off of old Route 3
Out past where the blacktop ends
We´d 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