"The Road You Leave Behind" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist David Lee Murphy.

It was released in July 1996 as the second single from his album Gettin' Out the Good Stuff.

Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and number 12 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.

[1] Larry Flick, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably calling it "one of those philosophical life-lesson kinds of songs, but Murphy's vocal honesty keeps it from sounding preachy or schmaltzy.

Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of August 3, 1996.