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The Road You Leave Behind Lyrics

(David Lee Murphy)

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 with out 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 someplace 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 gettin' off on the night shift
Pulled up to check on me
He said I 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 someplace sometime
You gotta go back down the road you leave behind

I said what do I owe you friend you could easily passed me by
He said next time it might be me son you don't 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 someplace sometime
You gotta go back down the road you leave behind
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Cover art for The Road You Leave Behind lyrics by David Lee Murphy

So sue me...not like I'm making any money off this ;)

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 with out 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 someplace 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 gettin' off on the night shift Pulled up to check on me He said I 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 someplace sometime You gotta go back down the road you leave behind

I said what do I owe you friend you could easily passed me by He said next time it might be me son you don't 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 someplace sometime You gotta go back down the road you leave behind

Cover art for The Road You Leave Behind lyrics by David Lee Murphy

Love this song. This song was back when country was, country. When you could stop and help someone. Without the worries of being robbed, killed, raped or sued.

 
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