Driving Down a Mountain Road (Album Premiere) - Jon Harris

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Well, a man told me on the internet, at least that's what I think he was,

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That my views were too offensive. He said I should lose my job.

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But he promised not to report me if I would do this one thing.

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Give up my opinions and my faith and liberty. And this is what

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I told him. I ain't apologizing for what

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I didn't do wrong. The Bible on my dashboard, the flag out on my lawn.

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And you can bet I'll dig my boots in, because my daddy didn't raise no son, who'd disrespect his country or turn his tail and run.

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They say the country's filled with haters and only they know how to love.

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Folks like me are trouble because we just don't go along.

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So they want to take our children and teach them how to hate the families they grew up in and how to love the state.

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Where could it be heading when doctors can't do their jobs? Monuments keep falling, police surrender to the mob.

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And parents can't trust teachers and teachers can't trust kids.

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And kids can't tell their parents what bathroom they went in.

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I ain't apologizing for what I didn't do wrong.

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The Bible on my dashboard, dig my boots in, because my daddy didn't raise no son, who'd disrespect his country or turn his tail and run.

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They could see us here fighting wars of world. Well, I bet they'd have opinions and I bet they'd state their case, which would likely get them canceled in today's

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United States. I ain't apologizing for what

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I didn't do wrong. The blackout in bed,

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I'll dig my boots in, because my daddy didn't raise no son, who'd disrespect his country or turn his tail and apologize.

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And didn't do wrong or sin, because my daddy didn't raise no son, who'd disrespect his country or turn his tail and listen.

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Because my daddy didn't raise no son, who'd disrespect his country or turn his tail and run.

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I'm cleansed, Darryl, best thing God made. Suddenly, Ruth, I see today's

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I'm truly grateful for. That's worth it since I can remember.

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My hands are in. It's nice to know a place like this today can still be found.

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Traditions that are right and true and good for any man who wants to live an honest life are found.

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War where the veterans shoot each other with potato gun kitchen.

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It's a life that's worth it since I can remember when

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I was young. The day seems out of place.

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The ups are upside down. The cries that fill the city streets feel like a lonesome sound.

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And the people want salvation from the wisdom of the. I've been darker than the place where I was.

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And if I ask the Lord above to tell me about the way a man can live a happy life,

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I bet that he would say families that pray before their supper when enemies love one another.

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Sacrifice for your brother when he's down. Sunset sky as grandpa's singing on the front porch as we're swinging.

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When a sinner starts the lead, he yawns since I was young.

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Driving down a mountain road, flock of turkeys in front of me.

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It's a wonderful day. Bless the Lord. He has made us glad in the land of the living.

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Let his favor rain down. Let it cover the ground as we sing our song of Thanksgiving.

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You play in the light of the sun, the rays that greet us each morning.

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And, you know, every bird of the hills while they wait to sing you glory.

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Who am I that you should care? Your love for me is everywhere.

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And it's a wonderful day. Bless the Lord. He has made us glad in the land of the living.

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Let it cover the ground as we sing our song of Thanksgiving.

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To spring forth water, rivers, lawns, and daughters.

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The Lord, he has made us glad in the land of the living.

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Let his favor rain down. Let it cover our song of Thanksgiving.

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Ascend to you, Lord, who can stand in your holy presence.

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Give us clean hands and pure hearts, your grace and righteousness.

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Who am I that you should care? Your love for me is everywhere.

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And it's a wonderful day. Bless the Lord. He has made us glad in the land of the living.

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Let it cover the ground as we sing our song of Thanksgiving.

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And it's a wonderful day. Bless the Lord. He has made us glad in the land of the living.

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Let it cover our song of Thanksgiving.

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Brussels sprouts are good for you. Trust me when I say.

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They'll help you live to see a ripe old age. And whining doesn't solve that much.

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It only adds to pain. Save your crying for another day.

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Then flying kites, it might not seem like much to you.

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These days only last so long. So take your time and run outside.

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And play with all your toys. Friends between ride.

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And you pass the test.

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And if you don't succeed. You did your best and that's what counts to me.

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Find a friend you can depend on.

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Don't bully on the weak. Treat the boys you know with courtesy.

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Won't take much time to realize that you'll have.

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Both hands on the wheel and look at the

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Bible. Don't just follow what the crowd.

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Thinks is right where your convictions prowl. I'll be right there cause there's nothing in this world.

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That can stop me loving you my baby girl. You might find there's someone special in the town.

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He catches you with just a smile.

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And sometimes you might look back on the house that you passed through.

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Think about us for a girl of the day.

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Soon your girl will hear you say. Brussels sprouts are good for you.

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Trust me when I say. You see a ripe old age.

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I'll make my stand. On a road that's leading town. Keeping my feet on the ground.

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Till all his love at last. Faces my path.

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Sounds like a wind chime. I hear her voice. Sounds like a wind chime.

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Each note that I hear. Warns of storms coming near. Beauty mixed with pow.

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I see her eyes. Flash like the lightning. I see her eyes.

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Flash like lightning. Each glass that I see. Is a deep memory.

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Bring my way back to you.

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Make my stand. On a road that's leading town.

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Keeping my feet on the ground. Till all his love at last.

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Faces my path. Feels like a cool rain.

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I sense her touch. Feels like a cool rain. Each drop that I sense.

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Is a feeling too intense. Softness and a smile.

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Her smile. Shine in the darkness. I feel her smile. Shine in the darkness.

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Each glow that springs forth. Is a powerful force. Over making my way.

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Back to you. In the evening. I'll make my stand.

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On a road that's leaving town. Keeping my feet on the ground.

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Keeping my feet on the ground. Till all his love at last. When your face ends my path.

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My way back to you. My stand. On a road that's leaving town.

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Keeping my feet on the ground. For all his love at last. When your face ends my path.

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In perfect peace. Trust in God.

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How great your story. Oh you shine.

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Extend the Father's. Glory. Over this short.

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Life of mine. I was. Gone in prison.

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Fording judgment. Life of crime. Then the doors they broke.

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And opened wide. I'm alive. You shine.

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The Father's glory. Over this short. Two sins

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I cannot. Name. With a broken heart. That was to blame.

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Jesus came and took. My sin and shame. I'm alive.

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You shine. Extend the

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Father's. Glory. Over this short. Empty cross.

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Where sins were paid. For the first time. This short.

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Life of mine.

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Ain't your story. You shine.

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Extend. This short life.

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Ain't your story. Extend.

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Well she's just a modern day gypsy. Her smile is deceit.

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They follow her. Like bulls to market. When she says I love you.

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It's a fig. Some have thought that her style.

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Drives men wild. It won't take long for you to know.

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Have your fun. Western sun to victims.

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The strongest heart. If you stall.

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I saw her. I know her game.

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I know her style. This walking heartache.

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Drives men wild. It won't take long for you to know.

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Have your fun and then she'll go. She's a wild tornado.

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A dust storm from an avalanche. That races by.

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And leaves its victims on the run. A volcano in the mountains. Her fire breaks.

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The strongest heart. If you know what's good for. Hitting the wind.

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Shrink me to a. You stall.

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First time years ago. And on his knees.

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I would write. Now I wonder. If he knows. That his silent ways.

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And smiling face. Beneath that old bed cap. Were a welcome sight.

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After every flight. I took to see him again. It ain't like.

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He presents. And play with me on the floor. And it's a shame.

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That he was. It ain't old days no more.

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Some story seems. That he once did. As just a kid.

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At a sawmill. And fixed motorcycles too.

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Had a life. From Mississippi through. In those dickies that.

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He wore. And it's a shame. Those good old days no more.

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Off the west coast was terrific. So California here he comes.

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It was there. That he met grandma. At a church outside L .A.

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And had his fun. Her's way. It ain't a shame.

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To go those good old days no more.

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Christmas of twenty three. No one.

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He felt fine. Three thousand miles old. About his great granddaughter.

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That he wouldn't live to see. I wish he was there. In that empty chair.

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Telling story another.

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Out the door. Naked night.

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And think about his life. What he would have it been like.

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But they're waiting there. In those good old ones.

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Singing through words I sang. From a child.

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Taught the good book. Note by note. Through hymns

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I've learned. About his name. And Jesus loved.

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With a commitment. Trusting Christ.

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To take my praise.

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In great. The sound. And stole my fire ears out.

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On my knee. To Jesus. And make fiction.

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There's no reason. That I still sin.

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Just like I hated. The Lord.

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And washed me clean. As white as snow. Jesus Jesus ended.

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Calls me home. We'll go hide in.