(Verse 1)
I took a dirt road to see where it goes
But I never found the end
Just a wooden fence with a broken gate
And an old barn around the bend
Saw a little boy fishing from a one-lane bridge
With his bare feet hanging down
And an old man waved from a front porch swing
Like he’d known me all my life somehow
(Verse 2)
There was a creek running clear through the sycamore trees
Where a deer came down to drink
An old rope hanging from a cottonwood limb
Over water deeper than you’d think
There were cows at a fence just watching me pass
And a hawk riding high on the wind
Every mile showed me something new
So I kept going ’round the bend
(Chorus)
You never know what you might find
When you leave that highway far behind
A little piece of heaven nobody knows
Might be waiting down a nowhere road
I wasn’t lost, I had nowhere to be
Just chasing whatever there was to see
I took a dirt road to see where it goes
Now I hope I never find the end
(Verse 3)
I hadn’t planned on turning off that day
Just had a little time to kill
Saw that dusty road winding through the trees
And wondered where it went beyond that hill
Passed a little white church with a cemetery out back
And wildflowers growing through a fence
Funny how a turn I never planned to take
Could make the whole day make more sense
(Bridge)
Sometimes the roads that don’t have a name
Show you things you might never see
The best turns are the ones you never planned
When you ain’t got a map or a place to be
(Final Chorus)
You never know what you might find
When you leave that highway far behind
A little piece of heaven nobody knows
Might be waiting down a nowhere road
I wasn’t lost, I had nowhere to be
Just chasing whatever there was to see
I took a dirt road to see where it goes
Now I hope I never find the end