"There's Still Ashes In My Truck"(Response Song)

There's Still Ashes In My Truck AI Artist: Lanny Deal Response to Samantha's "Tailgate Ashes" Written by 12Gauge858 Music 🎙️ Intro *(rain on windshield)* *(diesel engine idling)* *(deep male gothic choir)* Ohhhhhhhhhhh... Ohhhhhhhhhhh... *(lonely harmonica)* **Lanny Deal (spoken)** Daaamnnn... My bad... For sure... But I'll tell you what... Somebody gotta make it right... And that person... Is me... Cause I've spent a whole lotta miles... Blaming roads... Blaming timing... Blaming everything but myself... And somewhere between Texas... And this empty seat beside me... I figured out... She wasn't the one who quit... I was the one who stopped showing up... And now... There's still ashes in this truck... --- ## 🎶 Verse 1 That whiskey glass still sitting where you left it Half full of memories I ain't finished with Your picture's faded on the dashboard light But every curve in this road still feels like you tonight You warned me once beneath that porch light glow Said one more lie and you'd finally let go I laughed it off like I had all the time Now your goodbye keeps replaying in my mind That blacktop stretches farther every day But there ain't enough miles to drive this guilt away --- ## 🔥 Pre-Chorus Now the rain hits harder on this windshield glass And every song reminds me of the past The things I should've said The things I should've done Lord knows... I was the one --- ## 🎵 Chorus There's still ashes in my truuuuuck... *(deep male choir)* Ashessssss... Ashessssss... There's still ashes in my truuuuuck... From the fire I started and couldn't put ouuuuut... There's still ashes in my truuuuuck... Every mile I drive Still kicks that memory uuuuup... That ring still rolls around my floorboard Like a lesson I can't outrun And that porch light don't shine for me anymore Girl, I know what I've done There's still ashes in my truuuuuck... And they follow me wherever I gooooo... --- ## 🎶 Verse 2 I drove past your mama's house last Friday night Saw somebody else's truck parked outside Didn't stop... Didn't need to... Truth was already waiting there You finally found somebody who knows how to stay Somebody who don't make promises then walk away And for the first time in a long, long while I wished I'd been that man Funny how losing everything Can finally make a man see clear --- ## 🔥 Pre-Chorus Every highway sign feels like a prayer Every empty mile reminds me you ain't there I thought you'd always wait No matter what I'd do Now all that's left Is the ghost of you --- ## 🎵 Chorus There's still ashes in my truuuuuck... From the fire I started and couldn't put ouuuuut... There's still ashes in my truuuuuck... Every mile I drive Still kicks that memory uuuuup... That ring still rolls around my floorboard Like a lesson I can't outrun And that porch light don't shine for me anymore Girl, I know what I've done There's still ashes in my truuuuuck... And they follow me wherever I gooooo... --- ## 🌊 Bridge *(music strips down)* *(rain ambience)* *(single harmonica)* **Lanny (spoken)** You know... I used to think sorry fixed things... But some mistakes... Don't need apologies... They need change... And losing you... Forced me to meet the man... I should've been all along... *(male choir rises)* Ohhhhhhhhh... --- ## 🎵 Final Chorus *(full band)* *(tribal war drums)* *(dark cinematic cello)* *(male gothic choir)* There's still ashes in my truuuuuck... And your goodbye still burns through the niiiiight... There's still ashes in my truuuuuck... And I'd trade every mile I've driven Just to make one thing right... That red clay road remembers us Better than I deserve And every song on this old radio Sounds like words I never heard There's still ashes in my truuuuuck... But you're finally free of the fire... *(harmonica answers)* --- ## 🎧 Outro *(soft harmonica)* **Lanny Deal (spoken)** Drive safe, sweetheart... I hope whoever's holding your hand now... Knows what he's got... *(short pause)* Wish I did... *(harmonica answers)* **Male Choir** Ohhhhhhhhh... *(truck engine starts)* *(rain fades)* *(harmonica sustains one final note)* **Fade Out** Written by 12Gauge858 Music AI Artist: Lanny Deal