There's a two-lane road that the maps forgotPast the water tower and the empty lotGravel turns to memory under my tiresCornfields gold and the evening's on fireDirt roadsTake me back to where I'm fromWhere the porch lights stay on and the work gets doneDirt roadsEvery mile is a name I knowPavement takes you places, but the dirt takes you homeSame old church with the leaning steepleSame good morning from the same good peopleI left for the city, chased a bigger skyBut it never felt like this old by-and-byDirt roadsTake me back to where I'm fromWhere the porch lights stay on and the work gets doneDirt roadsEvery mile is a name I knowPavement takes you places, but the dirt takes you homeThere's a bend by the creek where I learned to swimWhere my daddy taught me how to be a manThe bridge still creaks the way it always didAnd the boy I was is still down there as a kidYou can take the road out, everybody doesBut it leaves a thread tied right back to the wasAnd no matter how far the highways rollThere's a dirt road running right through your soulDirt roadsTake me back to where I'm fromWhere the porch lights stay on and the work gets doneDirt roadsWhoa-oh, the dirt takes you home
