The Righteous Path

I got a brand new car

That drinks a bunch of gas

I got a house in a neighborhood

That's fading fast

I got a dog and a cat

That don't fight too much

I got a few hundred channels

To keep me in touch

I got a beautiful wife

And three tow-headed kids

I got a couple of big secrets

I'd kill to keep hid

I don't know God

But I fear his wrath

I'm trying to keep focused on the righteous path

I got a couple of opinions that I hold dear

A whole lot of debt and a whole lot of fear

I got an itch that needs scratching

But it feels alright

I got the need to blow it out on Saturday night

I got a grill in the backyard and a case of beers

I got a boat that ain't seen the water in years

More bills than money I can do the math

I'm trying to keep focused on the righteous path

I'm trying to keep focused

As I drive down the road

On the ditches and the curves and the heavy load

Ain't bitching bout things that aren't in my grasp

Just trying to hold steady on the righteous path

There's this friend of mine I've known all my life

Who can't get it right no matter how hard he tries

He's got kids he don't see and several ex-wives

And a list of bad decisions bout eight miles wide

Trouble with the law and the IRS

And where he'll get the money's anybody's guess

He's a long way off but if you was to ask

He'd say he's trying to stay

On the righteous path

Trying to keep focused as we drive down the road

Like we did back in High School

Before the world turned cold

Now the brakes are thin and the curves are fast

We're trying to hold steady on the righteous path

We're hanging out and we're hanging on

We're trying the best we can to keep keeping on

We got messed up minds for these messed up times

And it's a thin thin line separating his from mine

We're trying to hold steady on the righteous path

80 miles and hour with a worn out map

No time for self-pity or self-righteous crap

Trying to stay focused on the righteous path