I drove a long, long waynWithout drinking.nI listened to the Baptist Radio.nThere was a blue-gray sky.nAs I passed the ghost town by,nAnd headed down tonWhere nobody knows me.nnI was jaded by another passing lover.nI couldn’t bring myself to wonder why.nAnd the man on the radio,nSaid “Hey don’t you wanna gonDown to the Deliverance Road”nDeliverance Road.nnI saw three little birds sitting on a doorstep,nAnd two little boys in their Sunday best.nAnd the preacher’s voice was strong.nThe big lady sang along,nAs I listened,nRolling down Deliverance Road.nDeliverance Road.nnI may never walknThrough the gates of Heaven.nI may never hear the Angel’s SerenadenBut when the wind picks upnAnd drags the dustnI’m gonna stop my car,nLook straight up, and the rainnMight wash my sins away.nnBut after all the truck stops.nAnd tumble weeds have faded,nAnd the radio sings a country song,nnI’ll still hear the Preacher mannDoin’ the best that he cannTo send us down Deliverance Road.nDeliverance Road.