Hitcher on the back road, man with his guitar Said take me to the crossroads, crossroads ain't that far He said you come up from the delta, He said he liked my car He told me on the way there, he was born in sin (What else is new?) I said I ride that road yeah and, I know just where you been I don't know where I'm headed, I can't go back again You tell me what you got now, I'll tell you what you've lost Tell me what you bought now, tell me what it cost Look out of your window, gone like morning frost You know I took him to the crossroad, I took him down that day Left him at the crossroads, saw him kneel and pray In my rear view mirror, I watched him fade away You know back in town they're talking, they say he sold his soul They say he died for nothing, they dumped him in the hole You know they're talking, say they dumped in a hole He must be burning they say, burning black as coal I said they don't know nothing, they don't know that man's blood I say I saw that man rise from Mississippi mud I said that man was clean, as Jack from Jordan's flood He went down to the crossroad, and fell down on his knees Yes Lord above have mercy, he said save poor Bob if you please He sure is star in heaven, burning 'bove the seas He sure is star in heaven, burning bright above the seas.