Story Behind The Song

inspired by brother's comment that he might, in fact, take off down the gravel road in front of his house (Mississippi).

Lyrics

Gravel Road
Words and Music by Jay Pounders

There's a car and its parked
in the middle of the yard
and it ain't got but two rusty gears
and the wife is in the kitchen
and she keeps on a bitchin'
like it seems she's been doing for years
and a beer I'm a sippin'
and the channels I'm a flippin'
and the tv's a flickerin' light
And the baby keeps squawlin'
and the bill collector's calling
and I think that tonight I just might

Go walk down that gravel road
I'm gonna walk down that gravel road tonight

I can hear them crickets
and the dog when you kick it
and I call out bring me another beer
but she starts out a fussin'
just a yellin' and a cussin'
and I think I've had that up to here
of her holding me down
in this one-horse town
where they roll up the sidewalks at night
and I may just be talkin'
but I'm thinkin about walkin'
and I that tonight I just might

Go walk down that gravel road
I'm gonna walk down that gravel road tonight

Well I'm still just a thinkin'
about leavin' and I'm sinkin'
in a bottle that's filled up with sorrow
but my woman's lookin' better
in the bedroom where I led her
and I think that I'll wait 'til tomorrow

to walk down that gravel road