Over Night from Athens

On a red dirt road of promise
Winding through the Georgia pines
A band of ragged rebels runnin' on a dream
Singing from that bar room stage
We watched our message comes of age
That we'd been fighting for since we were seventeen

Now we're overnight from Athens
On our way to New Orleans
Another love song ringing in our ears
An overnight sensation
Like they've never seen
Still believers after all these years
We're overnight from Athens

The jangle of the silver strings
The heartache in our songs
The voices and the words in harmony
All the sacrifice and pain
Being baptized by the rain
But on this rebel road
Is where we'll always be
The mystery in the distance
Through the shadows of the past
Three white crosses wait along the way
For resurrection of their spirits
To a new home in the sky
Where kings and queens bow
To hear them play