Paper Route (Version 2) Lyrics

Johnny was the quarterback, he lived just down the block

Every Saturday he would be my favorite stop

See his name in black and white from the game Friday night

Johnny went away to school in his daddy's Oldsmobile

It was on page two how he died behind the wheel

From a drunk driver on the edge of town

I found out on my paper route

I found out on my paper route

Carol was a pretty girl, she wore a ribbon in her hair

At the age of ten I guess I didn't really care

She would often wait for me, take the paper right from my hand

By and by, I wondered what these feelings were

When she smiled at me I guess I smiled at her

Never kissed a girl before, I'd wondered why I'd ever want to...

I found out on my paper route

I found out on my paper route

Every house was different, every house was the same

Some faces smiled at me, some never even knew my name

Fence to fence, tree to tree, they left their mark on me

Now I'm thirty-five and I don't live there anymore

But in my head I remember most every door

And I can see there's a lot in me that...

I found out on my paper route

I found out on my paper route