Just Down the Road, Derek lyrics

[Verse 1] They called him Snowman, a Marine back then, A little bit wild, running hard with his friends. I met him at a party, he’d had a few, And I wasn’t too sure what to make of you. Your hand on my bare leg, bold as could be, Your buddies said, “Derek, what are you doing?” You just sat there grinning, taking your time, Said, “I’m just seeing the sights.” [Verse 2] These days you’re D, and you’ve got your uniform, Same pants, same colors, with a few more in store. Long sleeves and a vest, boots and that hat, You know what you like, and you’re sticking with that. Ask where you’ve been, I know the answer, Ask where you’re headed, I’ll hear it again— “Just down the road,” like that’s all I need, And somehow with you, it always has been. [Chorus] Just down the road, that’s what you always say, Funny how the years keep rolling away. Three kids and a lifetime, wrong turns made right, You were just seeing the sights When somehow you found me that night. Now fifty-five years look pretty damn good From where I’m standing here. Wherever we’re going, wherever life leads, It’s just down the road from here. [Verse 3] You’re a quiet man with a quiet kind of faith, The kind you can see in the way you live each day. You love your family, you work hard as hell, And there’s more in that heart than you’d ever tell. But mention sociology or philosophy, And suddenly I’m ten miles lost. You’re working on a doctorate, I’m nodding along, Like I know what the hell you’re talking about. [Verse 4] Give you a cold beer or pour you some wine, Put your family around you and life’s pretty fine. Still a Marine, still some wild in your soul, Just softer around the edges as the years have rolled. Two sons and a daughter grew up watching What it means when a good man stays. Not loud about loving, not loud about believing, You just show it in a thousand quiet ways. [Bridge] And now there’s a little Snowflake coming From the Snowman family tree. Another little soul who’ll get to know The man yo