Me and Billy Joe and Mary Beth

Were raised up on the path

of righteousness

Made a solemn vow that

we'd always be close

And never wander far from

Sawmill Road



As the years went by the

world began to change

One by one we outgrew

those childhood games

Momma cooked and cleaned

and worried 'bout our souls

We got into beer and cars

and rock 'n' roll



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We knew Jesus was the answer

And Elvis was the king

Blue Suede Shoes and Rock of Ages

Were the songs we learned to sing

Innocence went out of style

And we just watched it go

Yesterday got left beneath

The dust on Sawmill Road



Billy Joe went to Saigon for Uncle Sam

Now I go to see him, he don't know who I am

One a year I get a card from Mary Beth

She's with husband number four somewhere out west

I still live in this old house where we were raised

On this red dirt road the county never paved

Now I watch my kids and worry 'bout their souls

And pray they'll never wander far from Sawmill Road



CHORUS



Me and Billy Joe and Mary Beth

Were raised up on the path of righteousness.