[Verse 1] He rode west with the sun Dust on his boots A notebook in his saddlebag And a heart he could use He’d write by the campfire Then scratch it all out ’Cause every sweet line Still came out like doubt He knew every road song Every hurt and hurt But the one for that girl Wouldn’t come in words [Pre-Chorus] He said, “Just one more mile Then I’ll know what to say” But the trail kept on rolling And the words slipped away [Chorus] It was in her eyes, in her eyes That I found my line It was in her eyes, in her eyes That I left the trail behind If I sing it tonight I’m singing truth, not pride It was in her eyes, in her eyes That I found my line [Verse 2] He got back to town Like he always had done Same old stage, same old boots Same old three-chord run The crowd started talking The band started up And there she was by the rail With a half-full cup He smiled at the room Then he looked her way And every word he’d hunted Came down to one thing to say [Pre-Chorus] He thought he’d find it Out where the coyotes cry But the truth was waiting In her steady eyes [Chorus] It was in her eyes, in her eyes That I found my line It was in her eyes, in her eyes That I left the trail behind If I sing it tonight I’m singing truth, not pride It was in her eyes, in her eyes That I found my line [Bridge] No fancy rhyme No borrowed flame Just the way she looked at him When she heard her name And he learned right there Under that old stage light The real love song Was living in her sight [Chorus] It was in her eyes, in her eyes That I found my line It was in her eyes, in her eyes That I left the trail behind If I sing it tonight I’m singing truth, not pride It was in her eyes, in her eyes That I found my line
