Tennessee Dust

Verse

The screen door’s swinging on a rusty hinge

Since the day you left, it’s been a week-long binge

Of black coffee, Jesus, and the AM radio

Watching the shadows of the tall green pines grow.

I used to keep this Chevy clean as a Sunday pew

But now the only thing I see is what’s left of you.

Chorus

There’s dust on the dashboard, silver in the light

Writing your name in the powder every night

Tracing the memories of a love that didn't last

Stuck in the driveway while the world’s moving fast.

I can’t bring myself to wipe it all away

’Cause that Tennessee dust is all I have today.

Verse

Found a crumpled receipt in the passenger door

From that greasy spoon diner back in ‘24.

You were laughing at my jokes, hair wavy and red

Now those echoes are the only things inside my head.

The neighbor brought some eggs, said I’m looking thin

But I’m just waiting for the rain to finally let you in.

Chorus

There’s dust on the dashboard, silver in the light

Writing your name in the powder every night

Tracing the memories of a love that didn't last

Stuck in the driveway while the world’s moving fast.

I can’t bring myself to wipe it all away

’Cause that Tennessee dust is all I have today.

Bridge

People say a truck’s just steel and chrome

But since you walked, it’s the only place I call home.

Outro

Yeah, the tires are flat and the engine’s cold

But these memories never seem to get old.

Just me and the dust...

Writing your name...

One more time.