I remember the night my dad stopped the car
Got out in the rain
Changed a blown out tire on a car for a fan
Without a state plates
I said dad did we know those folks
As they went and drove outside
He just smiled as he started the car
And 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 will find somehow somewhere someplace sometime
You gotta go back down
The road you leave behind
Took 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 getting off on the night shift
Pulled up to check on me
He said I've been in your shoes before
Son 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 can find somehow somewhere someplace sometime
You gotta go back there
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 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