The Righteous Path

I got a brand new car that drinks a bunch of gas
Got a house in a neighborhood that’s fading fast
Got a dog and a cat that don’t fight too much
Got a few hundred channels to keep me in touch
Got a beautiful wife and three tow-headed kids
A couple big secrets I’d kill to keep hid
I don’t know God, but I fear His wrath
I’m trying to stay focused on the righteous path
I got a couple of opinions that I hold dear
Got a whole lot of debt and a whole lot of fear
Got an itch that needs scratchin' but it feels all right
Got the need to blow it out on a Saturday night
Got a grill in the backyard and a case of beers
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 ain’t in my grasp
Just trying to hold steady on the righteous path
There’s a friend of mine I’ve known all my life
He can’t get it right, no matter how hard he tries
Got kids he don’t see and several ex-wives
A list of bad decisions 'bout eight miles wide
Trouble with the law and the IRS
And where he’ll get the money is 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 pathâ€
Tryin' 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
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 there’s a thin, thin line separating his from mine
We’re trying to hold steady on the righteous path
80 miles an hour with a worn out map
No time for self pity, all that old crap
Just trying to stay focused on the righteous path