Down the Road

When I was a boy

Four houses down from me

Was a family with an only child

And she was the only girl in this ol' world

That could make me smile

Down the road

I made up reasons to go down the road

Somewhere inside of me

There was something she took a liking to

And I asked her to marry me

And she said she really wanted to

Down the road

See what life's gonna hold, down the road

Her mama wants to know am I washed in the blood

Or just in the water

Her daddy wants to know if I make enough

To take his daughter

Down the road

Before he can let her go down the road

Now down the street from here

There's an engineer with an only son

And our baby girl says she believes

That he is the only one

Down the road

Her mama wants to know is he washed in the blood

Or just the water

And I want to know that he makes enough

To take my daughter

Down the road

When it comes time to go down the road

Down the road

You know I want to help her go down the road

Down the road