[INTRO – SPOKEN] [BUBBA] Well… I reckon everybody’s got a road they remember. Mine had a few curves. And a few places I probably should’ve turned around. [DARLENE] But you didn’t. [BUBBA] No, ma’am. [DARLENE] What matters is where you’re headed now. [HARMONICA – bluesy opening] [VERSE 1 – BUBBA] I knew the sound of a bottle, I knew the pull of the night, I knew how a man could be laughing While losing his life. I knew how to hide it, I knew what to say, I could fool most everybody, But the devil knew my name. [VERSE 2 – DARLENE] He’ll tell you tomorrow That tomorrow will come, He’ll tell you one more won’t hurt, One more makes you numb. Then morning comes calling, And you’re ashamed of the day, You thought you were running from trouble, But trouble learned your name. [CHORUS – BOTH] [BUBBA] The devil knows my name— [DARLENE] But he don’t own me. [BUBBA] He knows where I’ve been— [DARLENE] But that’s not where you’re gonna be. [BOTH] I walked through the darkness, I wandered through the flame, But the Lord called me home, And grace called my name. [YODEL – BUBBA] Yodel-ay-ee… Yodel-ay-oh… [DARLENE] You ain’t walking that road alone. [VERSE 3 – BUBBA] I’ve seen iron doors closing, I’ve seen freedom disappear, I’ve seen men lose their families, Lose their dreams and their years. And sometimes the hardest prison Don’t have a guard at the gate, It’s the prison in a man’s mind When he thinks he’s too far gone to change. [VERSE 4 – DARLENE] But mercy don’t ask Where you’ve been all your life. It asks if you’re willing To walk toward the light. You can’t erase yesterday, You can’t make wrong right, But you can put one foot forward And choose a different life. [HARMONICA SOLO – BUBBA] [VERSE 5 – BUBBA] So I laid down the bottle, I started facing the truth, Started picking up pieces Of the years I had bruised. I don’t claim perfection, I don’t claim I’m strong, I’m just thankful God’s mercy Has carried me this far along. [CHORUS – BOTH] The devil knows my name, But he don’t own me. He knows where I’ve been, But that’s not where I’m gonna be. I walked through the darkness, I wandered through the flame, But the Lord called me home, And grace called my name. [YODEL – BOTH] Yodel-ay-ee… Yodel-ay-oh… The Lord called my name! Yodel-ay-ee… Yodel-ay-ay… And I’m walking home today! [BRIDGE – GOSPEL CALL & RESPONSE] [BUBBA] When I was lost— [DARLENE] He found you. [BUBBA] When I was weak— [DARLENE] He held you. [BUBBA] When I was running— [DARLENE] He waited. [BUBBA] When I was broken— [DARLENE] He stayed. [BOTH] That’s mercy. That’s grace. That’s a brand-new day. [FINAL CHORUS] The devil knows my name, But he don’t own me. He knows my past, But my past don’t control me. I’ve got scars from the journey, I’ve got miles left to claim, And every morning I wake up, I thank God for grace. [BUBBA] The devil knows my name— [DARLENE] But Jesus knows your heart. [BOTH] And that’s why we’re still walking, That’s why we got a brand-new start. [FINAL YODEL] Yodel-ay-ee… Yodel-ay-oh… [BUBBA] I’m still walking… [DARLENE] Still believing… [BOTH] Still going home. [OUTRO – HARMONICA] [BUBBA – SPOKEN] The road behind me tells me where I’ve been. But it don’t get to tell me where I’m going. [DARLENE] Amen. [BUBBA] Amen.
