"Gravel Road" lyrics

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Ten years old, bitter and cold
In the middle of nowhere, down an old dirt road
Well, trouble was my name
And mama was a saint
And daddy was a pistol packin' paranoid man
With a gun under his pillow

Now and again, I'd complain
Mama pulled me aside and set me straight

We chose the backwoods life
We chose the sacrifice
That glow of the lantern light'll keep
The fire in your bones, everybody knows
We chose guns and knives
We chose to fight our fights
We know what's wrong and right
She said
"Son, we chose, we chose this gravel road."

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Building jackleg fence
Never made no sense
To a teenage boy in the middle of the summer
Just missin' his friends

Just about when I'd start to complain
Mama pulled me aside and set me straight

We chose the backwoods life
We chose the sacrifice
That glow of the lantern light'll keep
The fire in your bones, everybody knows
We chose guns and knives
We chose to fight our fights
We know what's wrong and right
She said
"Son, we chose, we chose this gravel road."

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
We chose, we chose
We chose this gravel road

These calloused hands made an honest man
We chose the backwoods life
We chose the sacrifice
That glow of the lantern light'll keep
The fire in your bones, everybody knows
We chose guns and knives
We chose to fight our fights
We know what's wrong and right
She said
"Son, we chose, we chose this gravel road."

We chose the backwoods life
Everybody knows
We chose the sacrifice
Everybody knows
That glow of the lantern light
We chose, we chose, we chose
Everybody knows
We chose guns and knives
Everybody knows
We chose to fight our fights
Everybody knows
We know what's wrong and right
We chose, we chose
We chose this gravel road

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh