Backroad To Heaven

This ballcap ain't no halo
These redwings sure can't fly
This Copenhagen habit
Man, that's between Him and I

I've spent more time on a jon boat
Than I have in a pinewood pew
When I cast a line out on the lake
Is where these prayers get through

Mama and the preacher worry when I don't show up on time
But I'm just takin' the long way round
Somewhere between wrong and right

I ain't straight and narrow
I wind like an unpaved road
This red-clay-covered Chevrolet
Ain't made for a street of gold
I'll get lost along the way
But I know my way back home
There's been rough times in my rearview
He keeps no records of my wrongs
Somewhere past them pearly gates
He'll meet me at a barbed wire fence
And let me in
On a backroad to Heaven

This muddy water worship's
Got a way to wash me clean
40 days out in the wild
Don't sound bad to me

I may stumble in my walk
Ride the line when I talk
But He still sits that shotgun seat
Even though He knows my faults

I ain't straight and narrow
I wind like an unpaved road
This red-clay-covered Chevrolet
Ain't made for a street of gold
I'll get lost along the way
But I know my way back home
There's been rough times in my rearview
He keeps no records of my wrongs
Somewhere past them pearly gates
He'll meet me at a barbed wire fence
And let me in
On a backroad to Heaven
Backroad to Heaven

I ain't straight and narrow
I wind like an unpaved road
This red-clay-covered Chevrolet
Ain't made for a street of gold
And I'll get lost along the way
But He always leads me home
There's been rough times in my rearview
He keeps no records of my wrongs
Somewhere past them pearly gates
He'll meet me at a barbed wire fence
And let me in
Yeah, let me in
On a backroad to Heaven
Backroad to Heaven