Yellow Back 40

[Intro] [Verse 1] Down by the water where the willows bend, A rusty Chevy with a busted end. Indiana nights, stars burnin’ low, Mary Jane hums a tune we used to know. [Chorus] Yellow back 40, dirt roads and diesel smoke, Livin’ on luck and a heart that’s broke. Steel wheels turn, but the ghosts still dance, Forever lost in that last romance. [Verse 2] Big rigs thunder through the midnight haze, A lake-house light fades in a moonlit daze. She wore a smile like a switchblade blade, Left me stranded where the memories fade. [Chorus] Yellow back 40, dirt roads and diesel smoke, Livin’ on luck and a heart that’s broke. Steel wheels turn, but the ghosts still dance, Forever lost in that last romance. [Bridge] The pines whisper secrets, the gravel moans, A jukebox plays in the twilight zone. Kings of the backroads, knights of the rain, We’re all just runaways on a one-lane train. [Verse 3] Fireflies flicker where the cornfields lie, She took the highway, left me the sky. A pocketknife vow and a leather creed, Now the yellow back’s all I’ll ever need. [Chorus] Yellow back 40, dirt roads and diesel smoke, Livin’ on luck and a heart that’s broke. Steel wheels turn, but the ghosts still dance, Forever lost in that last romance. [Outro]