Did you see that pick-up truck, all jacked up, goin’ faster and faster

Can’t get nowhere that he couldn’t get there goin’ slow

Tearing down that gravel road, engines overload, askin’ for disaster

And there ain’t no place to go, drivin’ on River Road

 

What a day to take a page from the road less traveled

So, I made a turn at the sign that read “River Road”

 

I passed an old man sittin’ on his porch, just clutchin’ his shotgun

He held it high for every stranger passing by

He looked at me cold and mean, like I was his mortal enemy

From some war that he made-up in his mind

 

He may be angry and he may be cruel

But why should I suffer from such a fool

They say that you reap just what you sow

Especially, they say, on River Road

 

Did you see her flag cape, gun belt strapped ‘round her waist, lonely and tattered

Did you see her long blonde hair flowing down, but once it was brown

Did you watch her hips slide, with a six pack by her side, like nothing mattered

Advertising to any boy or man passing by

 

Well, I may be weak or I might be wise

But she ain’t the kind that I’d dare to try

Perhaps I’ll seize the day before I’m old

But for now, I’ll just let her go

          Down River Road

 

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I met a little tike in her bright red bike, peddling up next to me

She smiled in my face and said if I wanted to race, she’d get the best of me

She talked on, so young and bold, saying even if she grow’d very old

There would never be a place as great as River Road

 

Just then a dragonfly whizzed ‘round my head

My afternoon was changed by the words she said

Like the old man, seeing just what he thought

I’ll end up getting just what I bought

 

Maybe I can stop believing what I’ve been told

And try to smile a little more

When I’m drivin’ on River Road

           On River Road