[Intro] When you’re not around I hear the truth get loud Your name on every lip Your lies on every mouth [Verse 1] Got a call from my cousin on a Tuesday Said she saw your truck at the Bluejay Same hat, same grin, different girl in the front seat Fresh boots on, same dirt on the backseat Bar tab open with a stranger’s card New laugh, same line, you ain’t trying hard You said “baby, trust me, I’m at home in bed” Funny how your alibi’s wearing my hat on her head Heart cracked, but I played it real quiet Hands shake, but I didn’t start a riot Stared at the ceiling till the sunrise bled Replayed every word that you ever said [Chorus] When you’re not around, they tell on you Every little lie, every cheap excuse Every backroad kiss, every borrowed room When you’re not around, your stories bloom When you’re not around, my rage gets loud I go from broken to breaking out You sowed this hurt all over town Now feel this beat when you’re not around (yeah) [Verse 2] Heard you hit the motel by the interstate Room 214, check-in, check out late Same cologne on a stranger’s dress Same “baby, I’ma change” in a drunk text mess Girl at the diner said you tipped in cash Left your ring in the bowl by the bathroom trash Thought I was the one, guess I’m just one of Them names in your phone you pretend you love Now I’m done being quiet in the kitchen Done scrubbing off your lipstick fiction You can keep your hat, keep your gun, keep your dog I’ma keep my pride, burn your name off my heart like a log [Chorus] When you’re not around, they tell on you Every little lie, every cheap excuse Every backroad kiss, every borrowed room When you’re not around, your stories bloom When you’re not around, my rage gets loud I go from broken to breaking out You sowed this hurt all over town Now feel this beat when you’re not around (when you’re not around) [Bridge] Slow tears turned to spit and fire (yeah) You built this bed of barbed wire You laid down with every lie in town Now I’m the storm that’s bearing down I was soft-spoken, now I spit your name Like a curse, like a flame, like a war you can’t tame (ha) Every girl you played got a verse in my mouth Every secret you kept just got dragged on out [Chorus] When you’re not around, they tell on you Every little lie, every cheap excuse Every backroad kiss, every borrowed room When you’re not around, your stories bloom When you’re not around, my rage gets loud I go from broken to breaking out You sowed this hurt all over town Now feel this beat when you’re not around When you’re not around, I take my crown I turn your shame to my new sound You lost this heart, you lost this ground I’m way too big for you now you’re not around (uh)
