David Lee Murphy - The Road You Leave Behind lyrics

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 without of state plates

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

As they waved and drove out of sight

He just smiled as he started the car

He said, "Son, not 'til 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, some place sometime

You gotta go back down the road you leave behind

Stuck out on the highway one night

Many years gone by

Had the hood of my truck pulled up

My ol' gas tank was dry

Some ol' guy getting 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, some place 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, some place sometime

You gotta go back down the road you leave behind

Down the road you leave behind

The road you leave behind

Down the road you leave behind

Down the road you leave behind