Dust On the Dashboard

Intro
(Slow acoustic guitar strumming, lone pedal steel swell)
​[Verse 1]
Left the porch light burning on a cold November night
With a tank half-full of unleaded and a fading tail light
The county line is sleeping, quiet as a stone
Just me and this old highway, learning how to be alone
Got a faded photograph sitting by the speedo dial
Reminding me of back when we could make each other smile
​[Chorus]
There's dust on the dashboard, miles on the frame
Every turn of the gravel road seems to call your name
I’m chasing down a horizon that I might never find
Leaving footprints in the dirt, leaving yesterday behind
Yeah, the rust on these fenders tells the story of the road
And this heavy heart is carrying a mighty heavy load
​[Verse 2]
Stopped off in Abilene for a cup of black coffee
The waitress at the counter didn't even look up at me
She just poured it to the brim, said, "Have a safe ride, son"
I paid her with a five and thought of all the things I've done
Too many words unspoken, too many promises broke
Now all that’s left of us is fading like campfire smoke
​[Chorus]
There's dust on the dashboard, miles on the frame
Every turn of the gravel road seems to call your name
I’m chasing down a horizon that I might never find
Leaving footprints in the dirt, leaving yesterday behind
Yeah, the rust on these fenders tells the story of the road
And this heavy heart is carrying a mighty heavy load
​[Guitar Solo]
(Crying pedal steel guitar accompanied by a classic twangy Telecaster solo)
​[Bridge]
Maybe down in Austin I’ll find a place to rest
Or maybe I’ll keep driving till I reach the desert west
It don't much matter where this yellow line ends
When you're running from the ghost of what should have been
​[Chorus]
There's dust on the dashboard, miles on the frame
Every turn of the gravel road seems to call your name
I’m chasing down a horizon that I might never find
Leaving footprints in the dirt, leaving yesterday behind
Yeah, the rust on these fenders tells the story of the road
And this heavy heart is carrying a mighty heavy load
​[Outro]
Just dust on the dashboard...
Leaving yesterday behind...
(Fade out with soft acoustic strumming and a final lingering steel guitar note)