Good Hope & New Philadelphia Lyrics

there is a town
and it's a little one
you take the road to Good Hope
many pass on by
not much to look at
but we need it so

where brother meets brother
with respect in his eye
where sister loves sister
you can live and die in peace
in Good Hope

and a little bit southeast
there's another road
to New Philadelphia
i have seen high corn and beans
and painted ponies in the fields
'round New Philadelphia

well the land is rich
but a family can be richer still
when birth is a celebration
and a little town stands still
when to bury its own
is a solemn ''Goodbye''
where it matters what you think
how you eat and drink
and it matters how you live and die
in New Philadelphia

up these roads
with the red-winged blackbirds
up these roads
where neighbors wave
up these roads
where the sun and rain both greet you
gravel, dirt, or paved

Good Hope and New Philadelphia
on the road to Good Hope
i'm on the road
to New Philadelphia
God's grace unfolds
come ride with a Friend