Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - The Broken Road

Valentine's Day is next week, so it's time to think of music for your sweetheart.  The Queen Of The World and I both love this song - the motorcycle accident that really brought us together is perhaps a literal version of the song.

My problem (as long time readers will remember) is that I really don't care much for Rascal Flatts.  So what to do?  Well, as it turns out the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band recorded this twenty years before Rascal Flatts.

The Broken Road (Songwriters: Marcus Hummon, Bobby Boyd, Jeff Hanna)

I set out on a narrow way many years ago
Hoping I would find true love along the broken road
But I got lost a time or two
Wiped my brow and kept pushin' through
I couldn't see how every sign pointed straight to you

Every long lost dream led me to where you are
Others who broke my heart
They were like northern stars
Pointing me on my way into your loving arms
This much I know is true
That God blessed the broken road
That led me straight to you
Yes, He did

I think about the years I spent just passin' through
I'd like to have the time I lost and give it back to you
But you just smile and take my hand
You've been there, you understand
It's all part of a grander plan that is comin' true

Every long lost dream led me to where you are
Others who broke my heart
They were like northern stars
Pointing me on my way into your loving arms
This much I know is true
That God blessed the broken road
That led me straight to you

And now I'm just a rollin' home into my lover's arms

This much I know is true
That God blessed the broken road
That led me straight to you

That God blessed the broken road
That led me straight to you