I got a brand new car that drinks a bunch of gas
I got a house in a neighborhood that's fading fast
I got a dog and a cat that don't fight too much
I got a few hundred channels to keep me in touch
I got a beautiful wife and three tow-headed kids
I got a couple of big secrets I'd kill to keep hid
I don't know God but I fear his wrath
I'm trying to keep focused on the righteous path
Verse
I got a couple of opinions that I hold dear
Got a whole lot of debt and a whole lot of fear
I got an itch that needs scratching but it feels alright
I got the need to blow it out on 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 trying 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 trying to hold steady on the righteous path
Interlude
Verse
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 "I'm trying to stay on the righteous path"
Trying to keep focused as we drive down the road
Like back in High School before the world turned cold
Now the brakes are thin and the curves are fast
We're trying to hold steady on the righteous path
Interlude
Bridge
We're hanging out
and we're hanging on
We're trying the 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
separating his from mine
Interlude
Trying to hold steady on the righteous path
Eighty miles an hour with a worn out map
Don't worry about things that ain't in my grasp
Trying to hold steady on the righteous path
Outro