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

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

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

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

I've learned I've come to know

There's life at both ends

Of that red dirt road