Country music trio Rascal Flatts weren't the first to record "Bless The Broken Road", but they did make the song extremely popular!
Country music group Rascal Flatts‘ “Bless the Broken Road” was co-written by Marcus Hummon, Bobby Boyd and Jeff Hanna in 1994. The song was first recorded by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, but Rascal Flatts’s version hit number 1 on the Billboard country music charts on February 12, 2005. This tune earned the songwriters a Grammy Award for ‘Best Country Song.’ The Rascall Flatts’ version was released in November 2004 and spent five weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.
Watch the Rascal Flatts’ official “Bless The Broken Road” music video and see the written lyrics below!
I set out on a narrow way many years ago
Hoping I would find true love along the broken road
But I got lost a time or two
Wiped my brow and kept pushing through
I couldn’t see how every sign pointed straight to you
That every long lost dream lead me to where you are
Others who broke my heart, they were like northern stars
Pointing me on my way into your loving arms
This much I know is true
That God blessed the broken road
That led me straight to you
Yes it did
I think about the years I spent just passing through
I’d like to have the time I lost and give it back to you
But you just smile and take my hand
You’ve been there you understand
It’s all part of a grander plan that is coming true
Every long lost dream led me to where you are
And others who broke my heart they were like northern stars
Pointing me on my way into your loving arms
This much I know it’s true
That God blessed the broken road
That led me straight to you
Yeah
And now I’m just rolling home
Into my lover’s arms
This much I know is true
That God blessed the broken road
That led me straight to you
That God blessed the broken road
Ooh, ooh
That led me straight to you