I gotta brand new car that drinks a bunch a gas
Got a house in a neighborhood thats fadin' fast
Got a dog and a cat that don't fight too much
Got a few hundred channels to keep me in touch
Got a beautiful wife and three tow-headed kids
A couple big secrets I'd kill to keep hid
I don't like God but I fear his wrath
I'm tryin' to stay focused on the righteous path
I've got a couple of opinions that I hold dear
Got a whole lotta debt and a whole lotta fear
I got an itch that needs scratchin' but it feels alright
I got the need to blow it out on a 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 tryin' 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 tryin' 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 on the righteous path
Tryin' 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 tryin' to hold steady on the righteous path
We're hangin' out and we're hangin' on
We're tryin' our best we can to keep on keeping on
We got messed up minds for these messed up times
And it's a thin thin line
Separatin' his from mine
We're tryin' to hold steady on the righteous path
80 miles an hour with a worn out map
No time for self pity or a load of crap
Just tryin' to stay focused on the righteous path