Lyrics

Living on a Gravel Road

I live three miles off the interstate
A short spell past Route 28
That?s where the hardtop ends
And that?s where the fun begins

When Jimmy Hall sneaks out in his daddy?s truck
I hear him coast down the hill ?fore he fires it up
His folks may think he?s fast asleep
But nothin? gets past me

When you?re living on a gravel road
Everybody knows when you come and go
If you got a secret, you ain?t gonna keep it
Living on a gravel road

I hear Reverend Lee when he comes home late
Headlights weaving like a garden snake
But come Sunday morning with a Bible in his hand
The devil don?t stand a chance

Just across the way in that double-wide
Bonnie Sue and Billy Scott reside
When Billy?s gone on a four-day haul
Those little rocks say it all

Oh, when you?re living on a gravel road
Everybody knows when you come and go
If you got a secret, you ain?t gonna keep it
Living on a gravel road

Blacktop and red dirt
They ain?t going to tell on you
Problem is where I live
I?ve gotta watch out what I do

?Cause when you?re living on a gravel road
Everybody knows when you come and go
If you got a secret, you ain?t gonna keep it
Living on a gravel road

Oh, when you?re living on a gravel road
Everybody knows when you come and go
If you got a secret, you ain?t gonna keep it
Living on a gravel road


Will Hopkins / Graham Blackstock