Sawmill Road Lyrics

intro:
picked slowly D Gsus2 D Gsus2 D Gsus2 D Gsus2
strummed D G D G
ME AND BILLY JOE AND MATY BETH
WERE RAISED UP ON THE PATH OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
MADE A SOLEMN VOW THAT WE'D ALWAYS BE CLOSE
AND NEVER WANDER FAR FROM SAWMILL ROAD
AS THE YEARS WENT BY, THE WORLD BEGAN TO CHANGE
ONE BY ONE WE OUTGREW THOSE CHILDHOOD GAMES
MOMMA COOKED AND CLEANED AMD WORRIED ABOUT OUR SOULS
WE GOT INTO BEER AND CARS AND ROCK AND ROLL
CHOURUS
WE KNEW JESUS WAS THE ANSWER, AND ELVIS WAS THE KING
"BLUE SUEDE SHOES" AND "ROCK OF AGES" WERE THE SONGS WE LEARNED TO SING
INNOCENSE WENT OUT OF STYLE AND WE JUST WATCHED IT GO
YESTERDAY GOT LEFT BENEATH, THE DUST OF SAWMILL RD
BILLY JOE WENT TO SIAGON FOR UNCLE SAM
NOW I GO TO SEE HIM, HE DON'T KNOW WHO I AM
ONCE A YEAR I GET A CARD FROM MARYBETH
SHE'S WITH HUSBAND NUMBER FOUR SOMEWHERE OUT WEST
I STILL LIVE IN THIS OLD HOUSE WHERE WE WERE RAISED
ON THIS DIRT ROAD THE COUNTY NEVER PAIVED
NOW, I WATCH MY KIDS AND WORRY ABOUT THEIR SOULS
AND PRAY THEY'LL NEVER WANDER FAR FROM SAWMILL ROAD
ME AND BILLY JOE AND MATY BETH
WERE RAISED UP ON THE PATH OF RIGHTEOUSNESS