There's a town by a river

And a dirt road that runs through the town

Winding around

As a child I would daydream

Where that road might take me

When my time for leavin' came down

And each night I'd awaken

From a dream I was takin'

That 'ol dirt road out of this town

Sweet memories keep haunting me

Callin' me like an old friend

And I pray that someday

I'll ride this highway

'Till it turns to that dirt road again

Now I live in the city

Where man made mountains of steel

To block out the sky

And that river of traffic

That runs by my window

Never seems to run dry

And tonight before sleeping I pray God is keeping

That old place that I left behind

Sweet memories keep haunting me

Callin' me like an old friend

And I pray that someday I'll ride this highway

'Till it turns to that dirt road again

In the city tonight

When I turn out the lights

I'll be ridin' that 'ol dirt road again