Down The Road

When I was a boy Verse One: Four houses down from me was a family with an only child She was the only girl in this whole world that could make me smile Down the road, I made up reasons to go down the road Verse Two: Somewhere inside of me, there was something she took a liking to And I asked her to marry me and she said she really wanted to Down the road, and see what life's gonna hold, down the road Chorus: Her mama wants to know am I washed in the blood or just in the water Her daddy wants to know if I make enough to take his daughter Down the road, before he can let her go down the road Inst. Verse Three: Now down the street from here, there's an engineer with an only son And our baby girl says she believes that he is the only one, down the road Chorus: Her mama wants to know is he washed in the blood or just in the water And I want to know that he makes enough to take my daughter Down the road, when it comes time to go down the road Down the road, you know I want to help her go down the road