Leave The Engine Running
TitanChord
Intro
Her suitcase shook beside the spare
Blue dash cut across her hair
Verse 1
Courthouse annex, loading side
Grocery sack between my thighs
Every name I kept for years
Every date that bought my fear
Rearview held the eastern ridge
Dawn came thin above the bridge
She kept both hands on the wheel
Asked me if the deal was real
Pre-Chorus
If that door shuts
Count to ten
If I don't come back
Don't wait again
Chorus
Leave the engine running
Leave the dashboard burning
If I come back, don't ask why
If I don't, just let it die
Verse 2
Badge light through venetian lines
Wall clock read a quarter five
Set the grocery sack below
Watched the paper edges glow
Signed my whole name at the desk
First time I had used it yet
Outside, one car door slammed
Then tires whispered past the lamp
Pre-Chorus
If that door shuts
Count to ten
If I don't come back
Don't wait again
Chorus
Leave the engine running
Leave the dashboard burning
If I come back, don't ask why
If I don't, just let it die
Bridge
I spent my life on borrowed roads
With other people's names in tow
Tonight I left the keys with her
And carried in what darkness kept
Leave the engine running
Leave the dashboard burning
If I come back, don't ask why
If I don't, just let it die
Outro
She did not wait
Timing is estimated — lines are spaced evenly across the track.
Leave The Engine Running
By TitanChord · Outlaw Country
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Lyrics
Intro Her suitcase shook beside the spare Blue dash cut across her hair
Verse 1 Courthouse annex, loading side Grocery sack between my thighs Every name I kept for years Every date that bought my fear Rearview held the eastern ridge Dawn came thin above the bridge She kept both hands on the wheel Asked me if the deal was real
Pre-Chorus If that door shuts Count to ten If I don't come back Don't wait again
Chorus Leave the engine running Leave the dashboard burning If I come back, don't ask why If I don't, just let it die
Verse 2 Badge light through venetian lines Wall clock read a quarter five Set the grocery sack below Watched the paper edges glow Signed my whole name at the desk First time I had used it yet Outside, one car door slammed Then tires whispered past the lamp
Pre-Chorus If that door shuts Count to ten If I don't come back Don't wait again
Chorus Leave the engine running Leave the dashboard burning If I come back, don't ask why If I don't, just let it die
Bridge I spent my life on borrowed roads With other people's names in tow Tonight I left the keys with her And carried in what darkness kept Leave the engine running Leave the dashboard burning If I come back, don't ask why If I don't, just let it die
Outro She did not wait
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