Where the Road Went Wrong Johnny Cash Version

[Intro] [Verse 1] I took the long road out of town, Left a life worth holdin’ on. Chased shadows I could never catch, Till every bit of hope was gone. There were signs along the highway, But I paid ’em no mind at all. Now the years stack up like gravestones, And I’m buried in the fall. [Chorus] And I still don’t know Where the road went wrong— Only that somewhere in the darkness I let go too long. Now the nights get colder, And the days feel drawn… Lord, I wish I knew Where the road went wrong. [Verse 2] I used to laugh a little louder, I used to feel the summer rain. Now the mirror shows a stranger Who’s grown comfortable with pain. People say the world keeps turnin’, But mine quit turnin’ years ago— Left me standin’ in the silence On a road I used to know. [Chorus] And I still don’t know Where the road went wrong— Only that somewhere in the darkness I let go too long. Now the nights get colder, And the days feel drawn… Lord, I wish I knew Where the road went wrong. [Bridge] If I could walk back through the shadows, Take the turn I passed on by, Maybe I’d be someone better— Not this man who learned to die. [Final Chorus] No, I still don’t know Where the road went wrong… But if the good Lord hears me, He might guide me home. And if redemption’s waitin’, I won’t walk alone— Till He leads me back From where the road went wrong. [Outro]