Ghosts On The County Road

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Pulled off by the rusted sign Where the paint flakes off the word “Welcome” You were tracing ghosts in the dashboard dust Sayin’ “Some doors They don’t stay open” Gravel cracked under worn-out boots You said “I’m tired of all this leavin’” I lit a smoke with my last match Watched the wind keep you from breathin’ [Chorus] Now it’s just me and the ghosts on the county road Your name ridin’ shotgun in the radio drone Every mile marker looks like a headstone Yeah I talk like you’re alive But you’ve been gone so long (so long, so long) I keep drivin’ with the ghosts on the county road Where you still hum along (ohhh) hum along [Verse 2] Found your sweater in the backseat heap Still smells like cheap wine and cedar You used to laugh at the Bible quotes On that old burned-out theater Fields roll by like funeral flags Half-mast in the August weather I see your hand on the window fog Then it fades like we did together [Chorus] Now it’s just me and the ghosts on the county road Your promise in the glove box Folded and old Every little crack in the pavement tells what we stole Yeah I talk like you’re alive But you’ve been gone so long (so long, so long) I keep drivin’ with the ghosts on the county road Where you still hum along (ohhh) hum along [Bridge] Maybe home ain’t a place we find Just a town we keep on leavin’ You’re a song stuck in my slow Slow mind Every verse still bleedin’ If I turn around There’s nothin’ there Just tail lights of my younger days So I chase your shadow in the rearview glare Till the whole damn night turns gray (ohhh, turns gray) [Chorus] Now it’s just me and the ghosts on the county road Your face in the mirror when the dashboard glows Every dark horizon feels like it knows That I talk like you’re alive But you’ve been gone so long (so long, so long) I keep drivin’ with the ghosts on the county road Where you still hum along (ohhh) hum along Where you still hum along