Eigenlijk had ik hier natuurlijk Elvis Presley als uitvoerende artiest neer moeten zetten, want hij heeft dit nummer bekend gemaakt, maar ik vind deze versie van de Highwaymen net iets beter. De tekst is echt klassiek-country style, vooral het refrein: 'Love is a stranger and hearts are in danger / All through streets paved with gold'.

De volledige tekst:

How many girls choose cotton dress worlds
When they could have satins and lace
And stand by her man, through good times and bad and still keep a smile on her face
How many hearts could live through all the winters
We've known and still not be cold
True love travels on a gravel road.

Love is a stranger and hearts are in danger
On smooth streets paved with gold
For true love travels on a gravel road.

Down through the years we've had hard times and tears
But it only made our love grow
And we'll stay together no matter how strong the wind blows
Not once have I seen your blue eyes filled with envy
Or stray from the one that you hold
Oh true love travels on a gravel road.

Love is a stranger and hearts are in danger
On smooth streets paved with gold
True love travels on a gravel road.

Yeah, true love travels on a gravel road. Mmmm
True love travels on a gravel road.
True love travels on a gravel road.