Down The Road - Original - Jimmy Reed

Four houses down from me Was a family with an only child

She was the only girl

In this whole world that can make me smile

Down the road

I made up reasons to go Down the road

Somewhere inside of me There was something she took a liking to Well, I ask her to marry me She said she really wanted to Down the road

See what life’s gonna hold

Down the road

Her momma wants to know

Am I washed in the blood or just in the water?

Her daddy wants to know

If I make enough to take his daughter

Down the road

Before he could let her go Down the road

And now down the street from here

There’s an engineer with an only son

And our baby girl says

She believes that he is the only one

Down the road

Her momma wants to know

Is he washed in the blood or just in the water?

And I wanna know

That he makes enough to take my daughter

Down the road

When it comes time to go Down the road

Down the road

You know I wanna help her go Down the road

Down, down, down that road

Down, down, down that road