[Verse 1]

That road ran like a river

Through the middle of our town

It keeps my memories spinnin'

Just like car wheels on the ground

It's a fight I never finished

A friend I almost found

Spent my childhood in it

'Til it almost pulled me down

[Chorus]

All those years I took for granted

When you're young, you don’t think about gettin' old

I used to think that I would live forever

Drivin' up and down McDowell Road

[Verse 2]

I was smilin' bright as lightnin'

Didn't take time to wave

They all cussed my ass for leavin'

I just laughed at those who stayed

I left all that behind me

Let sleepin' memories lay

Sometimes they still remind me

I was younger yesterday

[Chorus]

All those years I took for granted

When you're young, you don’t think about gettin' old

I used to think that I would live forever

Drivin' up and down McDowell Road

[Verse 3]

Some roads take nowhere

Some make you walk alone

Some just leave you standin' there

'Cause you know you can't go home

The ones you leave behind you

Man, they haunt you like a ghost

But the ones you never found

Are the ones that'll kill a man the most

[Outro]

All those years I took for granted

When you're young, and don’t think about gettin' old

I used to think that I would live forever

I used to think we all would live forever

Drivin' up and down McDowell Road

McDowell Road