They Knew My Name

I traded dust for neon light... Thought I’d never look back twice... I grew up where the roads don’t have a name Where the nights fall quiet like a prayer in flames Screen door creakin’, mama callin’ me in Fireflies dancin’ on the edge of the wind Now I’m runnin’ through a city that don’t sleep Chasin’ shadows I can never seem to keep Got a pocket full of dollars and a stranger’s face Yeah, I made it… but I lost my place Every streetlight feels like déjà vu But none of them shine like I used to I got gold in my hands, but it slips right through Got a name in the lights, but they don’t know you I hear noise, but it ain’t that sound Of a back porch song when the sun goes down Yeah, I ran so far, I outran myself Now I’m callin’ out to a town on a shelf Where the sky was wide and the world stood still And they knew my name… and they always will Concrete under boots that miss the clay Rain don’t smell the same on these cold highways No one waves when you pass them by Just a thousand faces and a thousand lies I got a number, got a key, got a view But it don’t feel like the life I knew There’s a ghost in the glass when I look at me Half of who I was… still back home, free Every midnight echoes what I left And I feel it poundin’ in my chest I got gold in my hands, but it slips right through Got a name in the lights, but they don’t know you I hear noise, but it ain’t that sound Of a back porch song when the sun goes down Yeah, I ran so far, I outran myself Now I’m callin’ out to a town on a shelf Where the sky was wide and the world stood still And they knew my name… and they always will Do they still leave the light on late? Does the screen door still hesitate? Is there a seat with my name carved in wood… Where I was known… where I was good… I got everything I said I’d need… Just not the man I used to be… I got gold in my hands, but it slips right through Got a name in the lights, but they don’t know you I hear noise, but it ain’t that sound Of a back porch song when the sun goes down Yeah, I ran so far, I outran myself Now I’m callin’ out to a town on a shelf Where the sky was wide and the world stood still And they knew my name… and they always will Yeah, I grew in the world… that’s true… But I left a piece… Back in the blue…