I took the safe road, I took the easy road

It looked so safe and comforting

There wasn't any trouble as far as I could see

Avoided the twisty road

Avoided the unknown

My daddy said that was the devil’s way

And God doesn't work in mystery noways

Though I keep on trying to believe that there's an end to all this pain

I just keep moving on, I can’t stop to think too long, oh no

Though I keep on trying to believe that there's a way to be set free

I just keep losin' hold of the things that once gave me relief

Got married in the winter, gave birth in the summer

In five years' time, I had five young ones

But there was something missing, there was something wrong

One day my husband came back from town

Said honey, you better sit down

There's been another woman for all this time

She's my one true love, can't get her from my mind

Now I break my back from the crack of dawn

It's midnight when I get home

There never seems to be enough to eat

And I listen to my children cry themselves to sleep

Though I keep on trying to believe that there’s an end to all this pain

I just keep moving on, I can’t stop to think too long, oh no

Though I keep on trying to believe that there's an end to all this pain

I just look in the mirror and I know I only have myself to blame

I took the safe road, I took the easy road

But I learned there is no safety there

You gotta push against the current to get somewhere