Not Today (417 Hz) [Verse 1] You took the back road out of town, Dust went up, sun went down, Said, "That's that," Struck your match, Watched that old bridge blaze. But roads got jokes, Maps got bends, Some goodbyes ain't really ends. You can change your boots, Change your route— Still hear that old wind say: You think you got away? Not today. Thought you found the end? I'll show you another way. [Chorus] You think you got away— Not today. Thought you outran yesterday— Not today. Take that left, Miss that sign, Lose your nerve, Change your mind. Every dead end ain't a grave— I'll show you another way. [ROOM] Another way! You think you got away— [ROOM] NOT TODAY! [Verse 2] I've slammed doors and called it done, Mistook leaving for a win, Drove all night To prove I might Never look behind again. Burned the map, Cut the line, Buried truth beneath a lie. Then that truth put on its boots And met me farther down the line. I said— How'd you find me here? It said— Son, you made the trail real clear. [Chorus] You think you got away— Not today. Thought you outran yesterday— Not today. Take that left, Miss that sign, Lose your nerve, Change your mind. Every dead end ain't a grave— I'll show you another way. [ROOM] Another way! You think you got away— [ROOM] NOT TODAY! [Verse 3] Maybe what you called escape Was the road changing your shape. Maybe that door You couldn't force Wasn't yours to break. Maybe the hand you wouldn't take Never meant to make you stay. Maybe it just pointed past The place you couldn't see that day. [Bridge] I thought the win was getting gone. Putting miles between What's right and wrong. But you can ride until the tires go bare, Cross three states— You're still in there. So ride through thunder. Ride through rain. Run till nobody knows your name. But when that truth comes 'round the bend— Don't call the beginning Another end. [Guitar Solo] [Fingerpicked banjo and acoustic maintain the hook beneath a soaring vintage Les Paul solo. The electric guitar first echoes the “Not Today” melody, then answers it with long blues bends, aching sustain and increasingly fierce phrases.] [Final Chorus] You think you got away— NOT TODAY! Thought the road ran out— THERE'S ANOTHER WAY! Take that left! Miss that sign! Lose your nerve! Change your mind! Kick that dust! Cross that line! Lose one road— FIND YOUR LIFE! Every dead end ain't a grave! Every wrong turn ain't a waste! Sometimes what you thought you lost Was making room For another way! [ROOM] ANOTHER WAY! [LEAD] You think you got away— [ROOM] NOT TODAY! [LEAD] No. You ain't done yet. There's another way.
