I'll take the back roads home through the open country side
Letting things slip by in drawn out time
I'll take the long way home on the back roads of this life
Taking time to see what goes by

Coming and going, there's no dividing line
What you're headed for, someone left behind
And the shortest road ain't always the best
Sometimes let a back road take you home

A back road is so easy, it just rambles on and on
Take it or leave it as it rolls along
Drifts through things it cannot change, and doesn't even try
Wouldn't that be something for you and I

Coming and going, there's no dividing line
What you're headed for, someone left behind
And the shortest road ain't always the best
Sometimes let a back road take you home

Anyplace you're bound, well, you'll get there someday
You're the one who chooses what you see along the way
And when the heartaches seem too much for you to bear
There's a back road winding everywhere

Coming and going, there's no dividing line
What you're headed for, someone left behind
And the shortest road ain't always the best
Sometimes let a back road take you home
Sometimes let a back road take you home