[Verse 1] I woke before the rooster On my granddaddy's land Tin cup on the porch rail Dirt under my hands Mama in the kitchen Biscuit smoke and dawn You said you'd wait up by the gate Now the gate is gone [Pre-Chorus] I been chasing that road dust All the way back home Every mile I burned through Kept me bone and bone [Chorus] County line picker Play me one more time County line picker Sweetest hurt I know County line picker You can keep that lonesome But don't keep my heart Don't keep my heart [Verse 2] Your name on the fence post Rain in the split pine I carved it with a pocket knife When we were seventeen You wore your brother's flannel And a red dirt grin Said if I ever left this place I'd better come back in [Pre-Chorus] Now the gravel's talking Under my old tires Every turn that leads me home Still catches fire [Chorus] County line picker Play me one more time County line picker Sweetest hurt I know County line picker You can keep that lonesome But don't keep my heart Don't keep my heart [Bridge] Well I crossed seven hollers Just to hear you laugh Found your shadow in the wheat field And my feet went back If you still got that promise If you still got that ring Meet me where the sycamores bend And let that fiddle sing [Chorus] County line picker Play me one more time County line picker Sweetest hurt I know County line picker You can keep that lonesome But don't keep my heart Don't keep my heart [Outro] Don't keep my heart Don't keep my heart County line picker Play me one more time
