"The Righteous Path" by Drive-By Truckers

Man I love this song.

Lyrics:

I got a brand new car that drinks a bunch of gas
I got a house in a neighborhood that's fading fast
I got a dog and a cat that don't fight too much
I got a few hundred channels to keep me in touch
I got a beautiful wife and three tow-headed kids
I got a couple of big secrets I'd kill to keep hid
I don't know God but I fear his wrath
I'm trying to stay focused on the righteous path

I got a couple of opinions that I hold dear
A whole lot of debt and a whole lot of fear
I got an itch that needs scratching but it feels alright
I got the need to blow it out on Saturday night
I got a grill in the backyard and a case of beers
I got a boat that ain't seen the water in years
More bills than money, I can do the math
I'm trying to keep focused on the righteous path

I'm trying to keep focused as I drive down the road
On the ditches and the curves and the heavy load
Ain't bitching bout things that aren't in my grasp
Just trying to hold steady on the righteous path

There's this friend of mine I've known all my life
Who can't get it right no matter how hard he tries
He's got kids he don't see and several ex-wives
And a list of bad decisions bout eight miles wide
Trouble with the law and the IRS
And where he'll get the money's anybody's guess
He's a long way off but if you was to ask
He'd say he's trying to stay focused on the righteous path

Trying to keep focused as we drive down the road
Like we did back in High School before the world turned cold
Now the brakes are thin and the curves are fast
We're trying to hold steady on the righteous path

We're hanging out and we're hanging on
We're trying the best we can to keep keeping on
We got messed up minds for these messed up times
And it's a thin thin line separating his from mine

Trying to hold steady on the righteous path
80 miles and hour with a worn out map
No time for self-pity or self-righteous crap
Trying to stay focused on the righteous path

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[spyder130]

Anybody who calls this song or this band right wing is BEYOND clueless.

[mamasfool29]

I love this song,Ive listened to it athousand times!!

[StupidShinigami]

If you think DBT are right-wing, then you aren't intelligent enough to appreciate them -- so fuck off!

[dmbjerrod2]

Right wing is a negative connotation. It's moronic. DBT are very liberal, no where near right winged, just listen to their songs?....

[conboybp]

@spyder130 or republican, same difference

[k2ombs]

Anyone who has some mind of being "hung up' about being "right wing" is a sad case. Somehow being "right wing" has taken on some kind of negative connotation that it NEVER DESERVES..!! Just because a person grew up with direction, and morals does not somehow equate a person with being a right wing radical....Just human.

[OpethNation]

@thedotmatrixproject el oh el 

[thedotmatrixproject]

@OpethNation you're an idiot. DBT is nowhere near right wing. they're just from alabama.

[jessechensley]

@mamasfool29 That means at least 11,000 views are by 11 people.

[SinnersRA]

Really dude? Patterson and Cooley are advocates for more Liberal causes that it makes my head spin

[OpethNation]

This band is too fucking right wing for my taste.

[GhostSoldier77777]

If you think the DBT are 'right wing', you're so fuckin irretrievably stupid that you should do the gene pool a favor and bathe with a plugged-in toaster.