Heading west on a back roadn'Cause I couldn't face the dawnnThe tollway would've saved timenBut I was down to my last dimenI just went with the road that I was onnnThank you for the ride she saidnShe just wanted to tag alongnAnd I had a wound to healnI gave a ride to the devil and she took the wheelnAnd I just went with the road that I was onnnBlood spill in WisconsinnBlood lets in IdahonShe said it was an ethnic cleansenAnd she pulled the trigger, she should make amendsnI just went with the road that I was onnnFather, would he forgive menFor these things that I have done?nHe said, 'Boy don't even waste your breathnYou been riding in the valley of the shadow of deathnWhen you went with that road that you were on'nI said, 'You got some dirt up under your collarnAnd then I turned to face the dawnnMy life was in a downhill skidnThe spirit never moved me but that young girl didnWhen I went with the road that I was on