When I was a boy      Four houses down from me   Was a family with an only child   She was the only girl   In this whole world that can make me smile      Down the road   I made up reasons to go   Down the road      Somewhere inside of me   There was something she took a liking to   Well, I ask her to marry me   She said she really wanted to      Down the road   See what life's gonna hold   Down the road      Her momma wants to know   Am I washed in the blood or just in the water?   Her daddy wants to know   If I make enough to take his daughter      Down the road   Before he could let her go   Down the road      And now down the street from here   There's an engineer with an only son   And our baby girl says   She believes that he is the only one      Down the road      Her momma wants to know   Is he washed in the blood or just in the water?   And I wanna know   That he makes enough to take my daughter      Down the road   When it comes time to go   Down the road      Down the road   You know I wanna help her go   Down the road      Down, down, down that road   Down, down, down that road