The Road Don't Want Me Back 2 (Alt 2)

Intro

Verse 1 I left town with a Bible, A bottle, and a blade One for all my hoping, Two for what I became The moon rode low behind me, Like it knew where I had been And every mile marker whispered, “Don’t come back again”

Pre-Chorus I ain’t running from the law, I ain’t running from the dead I’m running from the man I was Still breathing in my head

Chorus The road don’t want me back, But it still knows where I’ve been Every mile keeps my secrets, Every ditch remembers sin The road don’t want me back, But it won’t let me go I keep driving through the darkness Like there’s somewhere left to know

Verse 2 There’s a diner past the county line Where the waitress knew my name She saw my eyes and crossed herself, Then poured my coffee just the same The jukebox played a dead man’s song, The coffee tasted black I paid in blood and gasoline, And never once looked back

Chorus The road don’t want me back, But it still knows where I’ve been Every mile keeps my secrets, Every ditch remembers sin The road don’t want me back, But it won’t let me go I keep driving through the darkness Like there’s somewhere left to know

Bridge Some roads don’t lead to nowhere, They just teach you to be gone I saw my shadow in the windshield Smiling all night long The road don’t want me back, But it still knows where I’ve been Every mile keeps my secrets, Every ditch remembers sin The road don’t want me back, No church, no porch, no light Just a blacktop hallelujah And the devil riding right

Outro I ain’t lost anymore. I belong to the road.

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