You didn’t worry when the moon stayed up, And I lay wide-eyed in a half-empty cup. You didn’t flinch when my hands went cold, Or hear the floorboards creak beneath what I couldn’t hold. I reached across that frost-bit bed, You faced the wall like a nailed-up shed. Now I’ve got the nerve to pull that door, And suddenly you care what I’m ridin’ toward. Pre-Chorus Where I’m goin’, who I’m with, If I’ve learned to breathe without your grip. Funny how concern appears The minute my taillights disappear. Chorus Don’t worry ’bout me now, You missed your chance somehow. You had my heart like a brand-new colt And turned it loose in town. You watched me sink past the river line, Now you’re throwin’ out a rope? You had your chance to love me then— Don’t worry ’bout me now. Don’t call, don’t ask, don’t circle town, Don’t flag me down when the sun goes down. You left me standin’ in your rain— You don’t get to wear my name. Verse 2 I prayed you’d see the porch light dim, The man you loved goin’ missing within. I learned how quiet can sharpen a knife, How a house can hold two people and still feel like a county line. Now you watch me climb from the busted fence, Wonder why I don’t answer your texts. It ain’t revenge, and it ain’t pride— I just quit hitchin’ my soul to your side. Pre-Chorus You can wonder where I sleep, Who gets the promises you buried deep. You can miss that two-lane plan, But ashes don’t grow back into land. Chorus Don’t worry ’bout me now, You missed your chance somehow. You had my heart like a brand-new colt And turned it loose in town. You watched me sink past the river line, Now you’re throwin’ out a rope? You had your chance to love me then— Don’t worry ’bout me now. Don’t call, don’t ask, don’t circle town, Don’t flag me down when the sun goes down. You left me standin’ in your rain— You don’t get to wear my name. Bridge Where was your worry When I was talkin’ to the kitchen wall? Where was your fear of losin’ me When I was already halfway gone? I would’ve crossed that county barefoot, Dragged our name through smoke and flame. But you watched from underneath the porch roof While I walked out through the blaze. So hear me clear, no turnin’ back: You don’t get to worry ’bout me now. Final Chorus Don’t worry ’bout me now, I’m stronger than I was. I stitched these scars beneath a wide-open sky You swore I’d never touch. You watched me sink past the river line, Now I’m the one who found the shore. You had your chance to love me then— Don’t worry ’bout me now. If you hear someday I’m happy, If somebody turns my world around, Don’t call and say you always cared— You had my hands, you had my house, You had the last light burnin’ out. Don’t worry ’bout me now, I’m finally free somehow. The door is shut, the wheels are gone, And my dust is headed westbound. Outro I’ll be all right, I’ll be all right, You can leave my name off your porch light. You had me then, but not no more— Don’t worry ’bout me now. Not now. Not ever.
