Lyrics
Verse 1
I was late to the church on a county-line SundayBoots still dusty from the weekYou were laughing with your sister by the old screen doorwayAnd somehow you were waiting on meI had a half-full tank and a head full of troubleYou had a hand that didn't let goNow every hard mile feels a little less heavySince you said, “Baby, take it slow”
Pre‑Chorus
You know the worst roads I have traveledYou still pull me close when the daylight fadesEvery year I find another reasonTo thank the good Lord for the choice He made
Chorus
I got the right woman, right here beside meSteady as a fence post, wild as a Friday nightWhen the whole world turns and the wheels get shakyYou put your hand in mine and make it all alrightSo raise one up, let the old bar hear itI’m a lucky man, and I ain’t too proud to sayI got the right woman, and I thank God for herEvery single morning, every single day
Verse 2
You know my coffee black, my temper short in trafficYou know when to let me talk and when to steerYou can make a feast from a bag of flourAnd turn a bad year into a better one hereThere’s a photograph crooked above the hallwayYour hair is silver at the sideBut when you lean across that kitchen tableI still see the girl who changed my life
Pre‑Chorus
You know the songs I never finishYou know the places I will never nameEvery time I think I’ve got life figured outYou make grateful look like a family name
Chorus
I got the right woman, right here beside meSteady as a fence post, wild as a Friday nightWhen the whole world turns and the wheels get shakyYou put your hand in mine and make it all alrightSo raise one up, let the old bar hear itI’m a lucky man, and I ain’t too proud to sayI got the right woman, and I thank God for herEvery single morning, every single day
Bridge
If the road runs out past AmarilloIf the rain takes the roof we builtI’ll still have your shoulder in the doorwayAnd a heart that never quitNo diamond, no payday, no perfect weatherCould buy what you freely gaveI’d choose you in every little lifetimeAnd thank you all the way to the grave
Final Chorus
I got the right woman, right here beside meSteady as a fence post, wild as a Friday nightWhen the whole world turns and the wheels get shakyYou put your hand in mine and make it all alrightSo raise one up, let the old bar hear itSing it loud enough to shake these walls todayI got the right woman, and I thank God for herEvery single morning, every single day
Outro
Right woman, right hereThat’s the best thing this old heart knowsRight woman, right hereWherever you go, that’s where I’ll go