(Verse 1) Tailwinds and tire tracks, that's all I knew A map full of towns that I just passed through Never grew roots in the shifting clay By the time I learned a name, we were driving away Boxes in the backseat, dust on the glass Always the new kid at the back of the class A ghost in the hallway, blending with the wall Just waiting on the whistle of the next roll call (Chorus) But I had a leather jacket swallowed me whole And heavy combat boots just to anchor my soul Faded denim jeans and some cheap headphones Keeping out the quiet so I wasn't alone People static-drifted, static-faded from view But the melody stayed when the world moved Yeah, the radio played and the highway spun The only girl in town with a song for one (Verse 2) The kids in the schoolyard would scatter and part They saw the black leather, didn't see the heart They gave me a wide berth, left me a space Just a stranger with a shadow and a stone-cold face But I didn't care about the games they played I had a wall of sound that would never fade Let 'em keep their distance, let 'em look away I had a three-minute savior telling me I'm okay (Chorus) In a leather jacket swallowed me whole And heavy combat boots just to anchor my soul Faded denim jeans and some cheap headphones Keeping out the quiet so I wasn't alone People static-drifted, static-faded from view But the melody stayed when the world moved Yeah, the radio played and the highway spun The only girl in town with a song for one (Bridge) Towns turned to smoke in the rearview mirror But every single chord made the picture clearer Guitars don't pack up and say goodbye And a singer never looks you in the eye to lie When the ground beneath my feet started to shake The music was the promise that wouldn't break (Guitar Solo) (Chorus) In a leather jacket swallowed me whole And heavy combat boots just to anchor my soul Faded denim jeans and some cheap headphones Keeping out the quiet so I wasn't alone People static-drifted, static-faded from view But the melody stayed when the world moved Yeah, the radio played and the highway spun The only girl in town with a song for one (Outro) Yeah, the melody stayed... While everything changed. Just a girl and her boots. And a song for a friend. Always moving on. (Fade out on an acoustic guitar strum)
