On a red dirt road of promise Winding through the Georgia pines A band of ragged rebels runnin' on a dream Singing from that bar room stage We watched our message comes of age That we'd been fighting for since we were seventeen And we're overnight from Athens On our way to New Orleans Another love song ringing in our ears An overnight sensation Like they've never seen Still believers after all these years We're overnight from Athens Overnight from Athens The jangle of the silver strings The heartache in our songs The voices and the words in harmony All the sacrifice and pain Being baptized by the rain But on this rebel road is where we'll always be And we're overnight from Athens On our way to New Orleans Another love song ringing in our ears An overnight sensation Like they've never seen Still believers after all these years We're overnight from Athens The mystery in the distance Through the shadows of the past Three white crosses wait along the way For resurrection of their spirits To a new home in the sky Where kings and queens bow to hear them play And we're overnight from Athens On our way to New Orleans Another love song ringing in our ears An overnight sensation Like they've never seen Still believers after all these years We're overnight from Athens Overnight from Athens We're overnight from Athens Yeah