By:Homer Jackson · Source Recording: Larry Sparks and the Lonesome Ramblers (1998)
I read a book about a man who never went to school
He could tell you more things about life than any man ever knew
He didn't study to be a carpenter the things he could build
Would stand the storms life could bring no matter how small or big
And he built a new highway to Heaven
And few there'll be that travel thereon
He put me on a new highway to Heaven
There's no detour signs and you don't have to travel alone
He didn't study to be a scientist or have a doctor's degree
He knew more than any surgeon of this world could ever teach
He can remove a stony heart put a new one in its place
Jesus does this from inside out leaves no scars no not a trace
By:Homer Jackson · Source Recording:Larry Sparks and the Lonesome Ramblers (1998)
“New Highway,” sometimes titled “New Highway to Heaven,” gave its name to an all-gospel album Larry Sparks released in 1998.
The song casts the Christian life as a journey down a new road. The new highway leads to heaven, and the singer, having found his way onto it, looks ahead to the destination with hope and relief.
Much of Larry Sparks’s finest work has been gospel, sung in his deep, unhurried voice.
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