I remember the night my dad stopped the car   And got out in the rain   Changed a blown out tire on a car   For a family with out of state plates   I said dad did we know those folks   As they waved and drove out of sight   He just smiled as he started the car   He said son not 'til tonight      You see the road you leave behind you   Is another road you're gonna have to come back down   It's just the way this big old world turns 'round   You'll find somehow somewhere someplace sometime   You gotta go back down the road you leave behind      Stuck out on the highway one night   Many years gone by   Had the hood of my truck pulled up   My ol' gas tank was dry   Some ol' guy gettin' off on the night shift   Pulled up to check on me   He said I been in your shoes before son   And it's no place to be      You see the road you leave behind you   Is another road you're gonna have to come back down   It's just the way this big old world turns 'round   You'll find somehow somewhere someplace sometime   You gotta go back down the road you leave behind      I said what do I owe you friend you could've easily passed me by   He said next time it might be me son you don't owe me a dime      You see the road you leave behind you   Is another road you're gonna have to come back down   It's just the way this big old world turns 'round   You'll find somehow somewhere someplace sometime   You gotta go back down the road you leave behind