Dusty Roads and Broken Hearts

[Intro] [Verse 1] Well, the sun dips low on a rusty pickup truck, Her goodbye note’s still stuck in the glovebox rust. I drive these backroads where the pines all whisper low, But they can’t outrun the echo of a love lettin’ go. [Chorus] Oh, it’s dusty roads and broken hearts, A faded map of where we couldn’t restart. The steel guitar cries through the midnight air, In this one-stoplight town, there’s memories everywhere. [Verse 2] The diner’s sign still flickers like her laugh in my mind, Coffee’s cold as the winter she left me behind. That old fiddle plays from the churchyard square, But it sounds like sorrow with an empty chair. [Chorus] Oh, it’s dusty roads and broken hearts, A lonesome train hums its slow, mournful part. The stars don’t shine like her eyes in the dark, Just a small-town boy with a permanent mark. [Bridge] We danced in the kitchen, swore we’d never bend, Now the porch swing sways with a ghost of a friend. The preacher said heaven’s got a plan, I suppose, But heaven feels far when you’re holdin’ old clothes. [Chorus] Oh, it’s dusty roads and broken hearts, A steel-string dirge as the daylight departs. I’ll raise a toast to the love that’s been scarred, And the ache of a life played out in the yard. [Outro]