I know a guy is going away
He might even be leaving today
Where he's going he's gonna stay
He ain't coming back
Rural route, rural route
Out on the rural route
Rural route, rural route
He ain't out there today
Tried to live his life right there
A cement truck, morning till night
Patios, interstates, training walls
All that stuff will not fall
Rural route, rural route
Out on the rural route
Rural route, rural route
He ain't out there today
I know a guy is going away
He might even be leaving today
Where he's going he's gonna stay
He ain't coming back
I don't think that it is right
For a man to work all his life
Have a house a kids and wife
Lord God, why is that?
Rural route, rural route
Out on the rural route
Rural route, rural route
He ain't out there today