Glad to Be Alive

[Intro] soft acoustic guitar warm night ambience faint crickets and frogs [Verse 1] I missed the turn where the blacktop ends Past crooked posts and a barbed-wire fence The gravel crunched under worn-out tires The moon laid silver on the old fence wire My phone went quiet ten miles back The dash clock blinked and faded black No map, no town, no porch light near I’m lost down a dirt road and I’m still here [Pre-Chorus] Crickets keep time in the Johnson grass Frogs call low where the creek slips past Warm wind moving through my hair Like the whole wide night is breathing there [Chorus] I’m lost down a dirt road and I don’t care Windows down in the summer air No map, no signs, no reason why Just dust in the headlights and an endless sky The frogs keep calling from the ditch outside The crickets keep stitching up the night I don’t need a reason, I don’t need a sign For once I’m just glad to be alive [Verse 2] There’s a two-track road by a soybean field A rusted gate and a broken wheel A dog barks once from a mile away Then the dark rolls back like it’s making space I laugh out loud at the mess I’m in Mud on my boots and summer on my skin If finding my way means turning back Let the whole world wait at the edge of the map [Pre-Chorus] Crickets keep time in the Johnson grass Frogs call low where the creek slips past Warm wind moving through my hair Like the whole wide night is breathing there [Chorus] I’m lost down a dirt road and I don’t care Windows down in the summer air No map, no signs, no reason why Just dust in the headlights and an endless sky The frogs keep calling from the ditch outside The crickets keep stitching up the night I don’t need a reason, I don’t need a sign For once I’m just glad to be alive [Instrumental Break] soft electric guitar melody crickets and frogs tucked under the groove warm and open [Bridge] Maybe joy don’t shout too loud Maybe it don’t draw a crowd Maybe it’s gravel under summer stars And not knowing where you are Maybe peace is a nameless place With night wind warm against your face Maybe lost is the road I need When the world gets tired of chasing me [Breakdown] Lost down a dirt road And I don’t care Warm night breathing Through my hair Crickets are singing Frogs call low I was never more found With nowhere to go [Final Chorus] I’m lost down a dirt road and I don’t care Windows down in the summer air No map, no signs, no reason why Just dust in the headlights and an endless sky The frogs keep calling from the ditch outside The crickets keep stitching up the night I don’t need a reason, I don’t need a sign For once I’m just glad to be alive [Outro] I’m lost down a dirt road And I don’t care I’m lost down a dirt road And I don’t care