Backroad Hallelujah

(Verse 1)

Dust on the dash and a six-pack cold,

Sun went down but the night stayed gold.

Buddy in the front with a smile too wide,

Girl in the back with her hand in mine.

County line where the blacktop ends,

Whole damn world just me and my friends.

Got nowhere we were supposed to be,

Funny how that’s where we felt free.

(Pre-Chorus)

Ain’t got much but we got enough,

Small-town hearts built damn near tough.

Every scar and every mile

Made these nights worth all the while.

(Chorus)

Raise ’em up to the ones still here,

To the broke-down trucks and the cheap cold beer.

To the roads that bent but never broke us,

To the dreams that somehow still hold us.

If tomorrow steals this view away,

We’ll leave our tire tracks in yesterday.

Heaven don’t gotta call me now,

I found my piece on this backroad somehow.

(Verse 2)

Mama prayed I’d settle down someday,

Daddy laughed, said “he’ll find his way.”

Guess they both were right somehow,

Standing in this little nowhere town.

Radio cutting through the summer heat,

Old boots tapping to a brand-new beat.

Stars hanging low like porch-light bulbs,

Making ordinary nights feel enough.

(Bridge)

Maybe we ain’t rich in dollar signs,

But we got stories money couldn’t buy.

One day these fields might all be gone,

But tonight they’re singing right along.

(Final Chorus)

Raise ‘em up to the ones we miss,

Every goodbye and every first kiss.

To the kids still chasing county dreams,

Believing life ain’t always what it seems.

If these headlights fade with time,

Leave my name in the Georgia pines.

When they ask where I found my soul,

Tell ’em somewhere down a dirt road.