I Don't Wanna Leave This Life

Intro

Crank the Ford, the sun's a slow burn, yeah

Coffee on the dash, morning light, uh-huh

Old dog at my feet, tail like a metronome (come on)

This dirt road knows my name, alright, hey

Verse

Mama's singing in the kitchen, biscuits in a pan

Half-moon on the radio, it's a simple plan

Fence posts and faded paint, stories in wood grain

Row of sycamores that shadow every lane

My hands smell like gasoline and summer rain

A little rust on the bumper, but it still runs the same

The colt in the pasture lifts its head and neighs (ooh)

The cattle low like someone's praying for the day

Pre-chorus

And every mile feels like a promise I can keep (can keep)

The kind of peace that settles heavy, runs deep (runs deep)

I hear the town clock callin' out my name

I ain't looking for another life of fame

Chorus

I don't wanna leave this life, no, I don't wanna leave this life (I don't)

I don't wanna lose the sound of dirt on my tires, yeah

I don't wanna leave this life, no, I don't wanna leave this life (uh-uh)

Trucks and dogs and porch light kisses under summer sky, hey

I don't wanna leave this life, no, I don't wanna leave this life

I don't wanna trade my Sunday fields for somebody else's bright lights, no

I don't wanna leave this life, I don't wanna leave this life

Country girl, small town, forever in my bones, alright

Verse

Friday night at Miller's lot, tailgate down, we laugh and sway

Crackling fire, guitar out, sing the hours away

The barn still holds last year's hay and two-step shoes

Old men tell tall tales while the young bloods choose

Me with a map of stars, you with your ribboned hair

We spin under headlights, dust like confetti in the air

Your hand finds mine like it's always done, (yeah) like it's always known

This is the kind of love that keeps a porch light on

Pre-chorus

The county fair, the courthouse steps, the ribbon on the gate

The way the seasons roll through here, I contemplate my fate

A thousand reasons to leave, a thousand reasons to stay

But all the reasons to leave don't sound like home today

Chorus

I don't wanna leave this life, no, I don't wanna leave this life (no)

I don't wanna miss the way the dog runs back at night, yeah

I don't wanna leave this life, no, I don't wanna leave this life (nah)

Horses in the morning mist, cattle in the fading light, hey

I don't wanna leave this life, no, I don't wanna leave this life

I don't wanna swap these fields for paychecks and bright signs, no

I don't wanna leave this life, I don't wanna leave this life

Country girl on a dirt road, this is where my heart lies, uh-huh

Bridge

Maybe one day I'll wander, maybe one day I'll roam

But every road that I would travel seems to lead my feet back home (back home)

There's comfort in the ordinary, in the slow and sure and plain

I'd trade a thousand city sunsets for one midnight rain

Chorus

I don't wanna leave this life, no, I don't w