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
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
WHERE 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