Backroads

[Verse 1]
You left your blue jean jacket
On the back of that old barstool
Smelled like smoke and summer
And pretending we were fools
Clock said almost midnight
Neon said stay awhile
You laughed into your whiskey
And I fell for that crooked smile

[Chorus]
Backroads and barstools
That’s where I lose my pride
Telling our story
To the dark and the dashboard light
If you ever wonder
Where my foolish heart still goes
It’s backroads and barstools
And the ghost of you I hold

[Verse 2]
Your song came on the jukebox
I froze with my drink half-raised
Every word a little dagger
Every note a younger day
Friends said I should forget you
Find a softer place to land
But this town keeps your fingerprints
On everything I am

[Chorus]

[Bridge]
Maybe you’re out there laughing
Under some new porch light
While I chase that same old gravel road
Too stubborn to turn right
If loving you was wrong then
Why does it feel this true
Every mile and every bottle
Still circles back to you

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