I’m Back

[Verse 1]
Back style, pretty real and unapologetic
They said I was gone, must have lost their mind
Like I ain't been grinding this whole damn time
Still got that fire, still got that fight
Still drop a beat, make the country ignite
Ain't no backwoods legend, I just do what I do
Mix that honky-tonk soul with some 808s too
Got Sturgill on the dash, Waylon in my veins
Elvis in my soul, Cash running through my names
I been quiet but I ain't gone soft
Y'all forgot, let me dust this off
Still riding through Beech Creek, boots on the dirt
Still got a few scars but they don't even hurt

[Chorus]
I'm back, no I never did leave
Y'all just stopped looking but I'm still in these streets
Still writing these words, still burning that mic
Still mixing that country with a barroom fight
I'm standing ten toes in the mud
Got that creek in my blood
Mississippi in my lungs, if they count me out, better count again
Ain't no breaking me, I was built to win

[Verse 2]
I don't need no label, don't need no deal
I've been making my own way, keeping it real
From the shack by the bayou to the neon glow
Where the steel guitar meets a bass that rolls
Ain't no cowboy hat, but my brim stays low
Got a dog by my side in a fast-ass show
Been through the fire but the flames don't burn
Turn my pain into bars, every loss I learned
They thought I faded, thought I was done
But I'm just getting started, I've been loading my gun
Metaphorically speaking, don't twist my words
I just pull up with truth, let these verses serve

[Chorus]
I'm back, no I never did leave
Y'all just stopped looking but I'm still in these streets
Still writing these words, still burning that mic
Still mixing that country with a barroom fight
I'm standing ten toes in the mud
Got that creek in my blood
Mississippi in my lungs, if they count me out, better count again
Ain't no breaking me, I was built to win

[Bridge]
Yeah, you can run, you can hide, you can doubt my name
But the truth don't change, I'm still in this game
So pour me a shot, let the jukebox play
Y'all forgot about me? Well, I'm here to stay

[Outro]
(Instrumental)

[Verse 1]
You were tracing on the dashboard
Little circles
Little storms
Empty cups between the seat belts
Said you’re tired of being “strong”

Headlights painting shaky halos
On the concrete
On your knees
You were laughing while you’re crying
Said
“I hate how much I need”

[Chorus]
So we stay in the parking lot
Breathing
Half in
Half out of leaving
You say
“I don’t wanna go back home yet”
Radio low and the night still bleeding
Both of us scared of healing
Holding to a moment like a secret
Like a secret we forget

[Verse 2]
Phone keeps buzzing in the cupholder
Same name
Same kind of ache
You just flip it with your knuckles
Say
“He only calls when it’s late”

There’s a crack across your window
Like a map that goes nowhere
You say
“Tell me something honest”
I say
“I’m better when you’re there”

[Chorus]
So we stay in the parking lot
Breathing
Half in
Half out of leaving
You say
“I don’t wanna go back home yet”
Radio low and the night still bleeding
Both of us scared of healing
Holding to a moment like a secret
Like a secret we forget

[Bridge]
You draw a heart in the fog
Then you wipe it with your sleeve
Say
“I never get to choose
Who I lose
Who I keep”

I’m a joke you like repeating
You’re a song stuck in my head (oh)
Every time I try to end it
It just echoes out instead

[Chorus]
So we stay in the parking lot
Breathing
Half in
Half out of leaving
You say
“I don’t wanna go back home yet”
Radio low and the night still bleeding
Both of us scared of healing
Holding to a moment like a secret
If we don’t touch it
We can keep it
This is not forever
It’s a reset
It’s a promise we’ll regret