Dust on My Boots Your Memory on My Mind (Second version)
Modern country ballad, Chris Stapleton meets Zach Bryan, male vocal, twangy telecaster, crying pedal steel, big reverb drums, emotiona
11/24/2025Aria v1
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
I’m three hundred miles south of where we said goodbye
White lines and white lies keep me company tonight
Your perfume still lingers on this worn-out seat
Like a ghost that won’t leave, ridin’ shotgun with me
Neon signs and cheap beer, another lonely town
I keep chasin’ the sunset, but the sun keeps goin’ down
Every song on this radio sounds like the one we played
When you swore forever, baby, then you walked away
[Pre-Chorus]
Yeah, the rearview’s full of leavin’
And the highway’s full of pain
[Chorus]
I got dust on my boots and your memory on my mind
A heartache in the fast lane doin’ ninety-five
I can outrun the law, but I can’t outrun you
No matter how far I drive, girl, I’m still in love
With the one that got away, somewhere back in yesterday
Dust on my boots, your memory on my mind
[Verse 2]
Stopped at a honky-tonk just outside Lubbock city limits
Some old boy on the jukebox singin’ ‘bout the one he misses
I raised a glass to the both of us, laughed till it hurt
Then I cried in my whiskey when they played our damn song first
I left a twenty on the bar, walked out into the dark
Heard your voice in the west Texas wind tearin’ me apart
[Chorus]
I got dust on my boots and your memory on my mind
A heartache in the fast lane doin’ ninety-five
I can outrun the law, but I can’t outrun you
No matter how far I drive, girl, I’m still in love
With the one that got away, somewhere back in yesterday
Dust on my boots, your memory on my mind
[Bridge]
One of these days I’ll park this truck, let the engine finally die
H**g up these keys and face the truth I’ve been outrun by goodbye
But tonight I’m just a fool with a full tank and a broken heart
Runnin’ from the only thing that ever felt like home
[Final Chorus]
Yeah, dust on my boots and your memory on my mind
I’m prayin’ to the heavens that I leave you behind
But every mile I roll just brings me back to you
God knows I’ve tried, but I can’t say goodbye
You’re the rearview mirror I can’t stop lookin’ through
Dust on my boots… your memory on my mind
Lord, your memory on my mind
[Tag]
Keep the porch light burnin’, baby…
I might just find my way home.
[Outro]