Church On Cumberland Road

Album: The Road Not Taken (1989)
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  • Just about a mile off of 109
    There's a little church sittin' back in the pines
    I promised that girl she was gonna be mine
    I wouldn't be surprised if she was standin' there cryin'

    Oh-oh, I didn't know this bored-out Ford could go so slow
    Oh-oh, you got to put your foot down on the floor
    Yeah, we've been rocking all night, but don't you know
    You got to get me to the church on the Cumberland Road

    Billy's passed out in the back, But I think he's alive
    Bobby's got his head hangin' over the side
    Here we are doin' only ninety-five
    What's the matter with you, man?
    I thought you said you could drive

    Oh-oh, I didn't know a bored-out Ford could go so slow
    Oh-oh, you got to put your foot down on the floor
    Yeah, we've been rocking all night, but don't you know
    You got to get me to the church on the Cumberland Road

    Sweeter than the dew on a honeysuckle vine
    Warmer than noon on the Fourth of July
    Cutest little girl that I ever have known
    Waitin' at the church on the Cumberland Road

    Oh-oh, I didn't know this bored-out Ford could go so slow
    Oh-oh, you got to put your foot down on the floor
    'Cause we've been rocking all night, but don't you know
    You got to get me to the church on the Cumberland Road

    And we've been rocking all night, but don't you know
    You got to get me to the church on the Cumberland Road Writer/s: Bob Dipiero, Dennis Robbins, John Scott Sherrill
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
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  • Henry O. Godwinn from Wheeling, WvThought this was done by Kentucky Headhunters
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