Michael Purciful Gastonia North Carolina I’ve got a Bible on the dashboard, a road map in the seatRunning down the highway where the dirt and asphalt meetThe law is in my rearview, but the Lord is in my soulDriving through the midnight just to make my spirit wholeI spent too many Sundays running from the lightBut a sinner on the highway learns to pray at night.ChorusOh, I’m a gospel outlaw riding on a one-way trackTrading in my heavy chains, and I ain't looking backWith a rugged cross before me and the wild road left behindEven the darkest drifter can let that glory shineYeah, the thunder is the choir, and the blacktop is my pewJesus found this rebel and He made a broken heart new.Verse 2There’s a sermon in the engine, a ghost inside the windCounting up the highway markers where my troubles endThey say I live too reckless, they say I go too fastBut grace is like an open road that swallows up the pastYou can't outrun the mercy waiting at the finish lineHe turned my muddy water into sweet communion wine.ChorusOh, I’m a gospel outlaw riding on a one-way trackTrading in my heavy chains, and I ain't looking backWith a rugged cross before me and the wild road left behindEven the darkest drifter can let that glory shineYeah, the thunder is the choir, and the blacktop is my pewJesus found this rebel and He made a broken heart new.Bridge(Beat drops to a heavy, steady stomp-and-clap rhythm)It’s a long way out of Egypt, it’s a hard road to the KingBut when the spirit hits a broken man, you ought to hear him sing!(Fiddle builds up to a fast, fiery peak)Guitar & Fiddle SoloChorusOh, I’m a gospel outlaw riding on a one-way trackTrading in my heavy chains, and I ain't looking backWith a rugged cross before me and the wild road left behindEven the darkest drifter can let that glory shineYeah, the thunder is the choir, and the blacktop is my pewJesus found this rebel and He made a broken heart new.OutroJust a gospel outlaw.On a one-way track.Yeah, the Lord has got my back.(Fade out with a deep, fading bass drum stomp and a final acoustic chord)