Ashes in Amarillo

[Verse 1] I drove through Amarillo with your records on the seat Radio kept skipping like it knew you’d lied to me The motel smelled like chlorine, roses rotting in a vase I traced your name in lipstick on the mirror’s silver face [Pre-Chorus] The waitress called me “honey,” poured my coffee black Said love don’t last forever but the fever always drags I lit a match and watched the highway swallow night Your ghost was humming hymns in every passing sign [Chorus] Ashes in Amarillo, smoke against the sky I bury all my secrets where the jackrabbits hide Your Bible in the glove box, pages torn in two I swore I’d stop believing, but it all comes back to you [Verse 2] There’s lipstick on the filter of a half-burnt cigarette And postcards from a city where the sun forgets to set I kissed a stranger’s knuckles just to feel like I was free But every road I wander sounds like you inside of me [Bridge] If I make it to December, maybe I can start again But the highways know my story better than my friends I still see your reflection in the window of the train Singing broken hallelujahs in a bar that knows my name [Chorus] Ashes in Amarillo, smoke against the sky I bury all my secrets where the jackrabbits hide Your Bible in the glove box, pages torn in two I swore I’d stop believing, but it all comes back to you