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Maybe We Should Just Sleep On It

Refried Dreams

DOWN THIS DIRT ROAD
Words & Music by Rhob Elliott
©1994, 2025, Awful Racket Music (ASCAP)
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[Verse 1]
Smoke in the sky, boots full of clay
This old truck’s been running since yesterday
Rattling memories through the rearview glass
Each mile ahead pulls me back to the past

[Verse 2]
There’s a fence line broken, a sign half gone
A mailbox leaning like it don't belong
I know this turn like I know my name
But nothing out here ever stays the same

[Chorus]
Down this dirt road
Time stands still
The wind don’t lie and the silence kills
I’ve cursed the stars
I’ve howled at the moon
Tried to leave but I came back too soon
Down this dirt road
Truth takes its toll
And every bend carves deeper in my soul

[Verse 3]
That barn is torn down, but the stone still stands
Like a monument built by broken hands
Gram’s voice in the midnight breeze
Still calls my name like a prayer on her knees

[Chorus]
Down this dirt road
Time stands still
The wind don’t lie and the silence kills
I’ve cursed the stars
I’ve howled at the moon
Tried to leave but I came back too soon
Down this dirt road
Truth takes its toll
And every bend carves deeper in my soul

[Bridge]
Some roads shine with neon dreams
This one’s paved with rusted things
But it knows me better than I’d admit
Every crack in it, I helped split

[Chorus]
Down this dirt road
Time stands still
The wind don’t lie and the silence kills
I’ve cursed the stars
I’ve howled at the moon
Tried to leave but I came back too soon
Down this dirt road
Truth takes its toll
And every bend carves deeper in my soul

[Outro]
Yeah, down this dirt road…
Where I lost… and maybe, where I grow

DOWN THIS DIRT ROAD

I was inspired to write this song by a Bible verse john 8:12, for he's the light of the world, 

Here In the Real World

Alan Jackson