DIRT ROADS

What's mainly wrong with society today is
that too many Dirt Roads have been paved.

There's not a problem in America today,
crime, drugs, education, divorce,
delinquency that wouldn't be remedied, if
we just had more Dirt Roads, because Dirt
Roads give character.

People that live at the end of Dirt Roads
learn early on that life is a bumpy ride.

That it can jar you right down to your
teeth sometimes, but it's worth it, if at
the end is home...a loving spouse, happy
kids and a dog.

We wouldn't have near the trouble with our
educational system if our kids got their
exercise walking a Dirt Road with other
kids, from whom they learn how to get along.

There was less crime in our streets before
they were paved.

Criminals didn't walk two dusty miles to rob
or rape, if they knew they'd be welcomed by
five barking dogs and a double barrel shotgun.

And there were no drive by shootings.

Our values were better when our roads were worse!

People did not worship their cars more than
their kids, and motorists were more courteous,
they didn't tailgate by riding the bumper or
the guy in front would choke you with dust and
bust your windshield with rocks.

Dirt Roads taught patience.

Dirt Roads were environmentally friendly, you
didn't hop in your car for a quart of milk you
walked to the barn for your milk.

For your mail, you walked to the mail box.

What if it rained and the Dirt Road got washed
out? That was the best part, then you stayed
home and had some family time, roasted
marshmallows and popped popcorn and pony rode
on Daddy's shoulders and learned how to make
prettier quilts than anybody.

At the end of Dirt Roads, you soon learned that
bad words tasted like soap.

Most paved roads lead to trouble, Dirt Roads more
likely lead to a fishing creek or a swimming hole.

At the end of a Dirt Road, the only time we even
locked our car was in August, because if we
didn't some neighbor would fill it with too much
zucchini.

At the end of a Dirt Road, there was always extra
springtime income, from when city dudes would get
stuck, you'd have to hitch up a team and pull them
out.

Usually you got a dollar...always you got a new
friend...at the end of a Dirt Road!

~As read and broadcast by Paul Harvey~

Author ~ Lee Pitts

Midi playing "Country Road"