Quiet Road and an Open Sky

Intro
(Strumming acoustic guitar, warm pedal steel swell, light foot-stomp rhythm)
​[Verse 1]
Old red dirt sticking to the bottom of my boots
Grown up fast trying to pull up roots
Got a porch light humming in the evening heat
Dust on the screen door, gravel in the street
I was born with a heart that doesn't sit still
Looking out past the pine trees over the hill
Dad left a hammer and a worn-out belt
Teaching me to say what I actually felt.
​[Pre-Chorus]
And the sun goes down behind the timber line
Counting up the hours that are yours and mine...
​[Chorus]
Give me a quiet road and an open sky
A couple good memories as the years go by
I don't need a crowd just to feel alright
Just a fire burning steady in the Texas night
Yeah, the timber sways and the crickets call
Standing on the porch just watching it all.
​[Verse 2]
Ripped my coat on a rusty fence post
Chasing down a feeling, not a phantom or a ghost
Got a pocket full of copper and a notebook page
Learning how to live outside of a cage
You can keep your high walls and your city noise
I’ll take the quiet rhythm of the county boys.
​[Pre-Chorus]
And the sun goes down behind the timber line
Counting up the hours that are yours and mine...
​[Chorus]
Give me a quiet road and an open sky
A couple good memories as the years go by
I don't need a crowd just to feel alright
Just a fire burning steady in the Texas night
Yeah, the timber sways and the crickets call
Standing on the porch just watching it all.
​[Outro]
(Solo acoustic guitar strumming slows, faint pedal steel echo)
Just watching it all...
Yeah, Texas night...
Quiet on the porch...