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On The Jericho Road
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Oct 20, 2026 updated
The Land Of Many Churches album
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Song Meaning
Pictured as a road, the Christian life in this Merle Haggard recording starts with a question: "As you travel along on the Jericho Road, does the world seem all wrong and heavy your load?" The name recalls Jesus' parable of the traveler beaten on the road to Jericho, and the answer here is simple, "just bring it to Christ, your sins all confess."
The chorus gives the song its image: "there's room for just two, no more and no less, just Jesus and you." Burdens are handled on that road, since "each burden He'll bear, each sorrow He'll share," a promise close to Psalm 55:22 and the invitation of Matthew 11:28 to come to Him if you are weary.
A middle verse speaks to a "brother," saying that "though hope may be gone He'll cause you to sing" and that "at Jesus' command sin's shackles must fall," in the spirit of John 8:36. It ends with a question, "will you answer His call?", and the chorus repeats once more.
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As you travel along on the Jericho Road
Does the world seem all wrong and heavy your load
Just bring it to Christ, your sins all confess
On the Jericho Road your heart will be blessed
On the Jericho Road there's room for just two
No more and no less just Jesus and you
Each burden He'll bear, each sorrow He'll share
There's never a care for Jesus is there
Oh, brother to you this message I bring
Though hope may be gone He'll cause you to sing
At Jesus' command sins shackles must fall
On the Jericho Road will you answer His call
On the Jericho Road there's room for just two
No more and no less just Jesus and you
Each burden He'll bear, each sorrow He'll share
There's never a care for Jesus is there
On the Jericho Road