ME AND BILLY JOE
AND MARY 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
MAMA COOKED
AND CLEANED
AND WORRIED
'BOUT OUR SOULS
WE GOT INTO BEER
AND CARS
AND ROCK 'N' ROLL
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
INNOCENCE
WENT OUT OF STYLE
AND WE JUST
WATCHED IT GO
YESTERDAY GOT LEFT
BENEATH
THE DUST ON
SAWMILL ROAD
4 BAR
BREAK
BILLY JOE WENT
TO SAIGON
FOR UNCLE SAM
NOW I GO TO SEE HIM
HE DON'T KNOW
WHO I AM
ONCE A YEAR
I GET A CARD
FROM MARY BETH
SHE'S WITH HUSBAND
NUMBER FOUR
SOMEWHERE OUT WEST
I STILL LIVE IN THIS
OLD HOUSE
WHERE WE WERE RAISED
ON THIS RED DIRT ROAD
THE COUNTY
NEVER PAVED
NOW I WATCH MY KIDS
AND WORRY
'BOUT THEIR SOULS
AND PRAY
THEY'LL NEVER
WANDER FAR
FROM SAWMILL ROAD
WELL 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
INNOCENCE
WENT OUT OF STYLE
AND WE JUST
WATCHED IT GO
YESTERDAY GOT LEFT
BENEATH
THE DUST ON
SAWMILL ROAD
YEAH 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
INNOCENCE
WENT OUT OF STYLE
AND WE JUST
WATCHED IT GO
YESTERDAY GOT LEFT
BENEATH
THE DUST ON
SAWMILL ROAD
ME AND BILLY JOE
AND MARY BETH
WERE RAISED UP
ON THE PATH
OF RIGHTEOUSNESS