**[Intro]** There's a porch light burnin' at the end of a long dirt road Guitar's a little out of tune, but it's carryin' the load Somethin' 'bout the quiet makes an old soul wanna speak So I'm gonna tell you what I learned the hard way, tell it soft and meek **[Verse 1]** I spent a lot of years runnin' from the shadows in my mind Told myself I's doin' fine, left the truth a ways behind Like a fence line that ain't mended, let it fall and let it lean Didn't know that in the breakin' was the only way to heal clean **[Pre-Chorus]** But you can't outrun a river, and you can't outrun the rain And I got tired of carryin' around all of that pain So I stopped right there in the middle of the field **[Chorus]** And I looked my darkness in the eye Said "you don't get to run my life" Fed my soul like a garden in the spring Let go of every heavy thing Now I'm livin' like I mean it, out here under open sky Face it, feed it, live it — that's how I'm gettin' by Yeah, that's how I'm gettin' by **[Verse 2]** Mama always told me, "son, the weeds'll choke the wheat" If you don't tend to what's inside, you'll lose your own two feet So I started diggin' deeper than the surface of my skin Found some things I wasn't proud of, made my peace and let 'em in **[Chorus]** And I looked my darkness in the eye Said "you don't get to run my life" Fed my soul like a garden in the spring Let go of every heavy thing Now I'm livin' like I mean it, out here under open sky Face it, feed it, live it — that's how I'm gettin' by Yeah, that's how I'm gettin' by **[Bridge]** (slower, stripped to acoustic guitar) Daddy used to say the hardest roads Lead you home the fastest way And I didn't understand him 'Til I lived to see that day Every storm cloud's got a silver linin' If you're brave enough to stay So I'm stayin', I'm believin' I ain't runnin' anymore today **[Verse 3]** Now the porch light don't feel lonely, and the dirt road don't feel long 'Cause I'm walkin' it with purpose, singin' my own kind of song Ain't afraid of what's inside me, ain't afraid of what's ahead I made peace with all my ghosts now, and I'm livin' free instead **[Solo]** *(slide guitar / fiddle break — warm, front-porch feel, echoing the chorus melody)* **[Pre-Chorus]** 'Cause you can't outrun a river, and you can't outrun the rain And I got tired of carryin' around all of that pain So I stopped right there in the middle of the field **[Chorus — Final, full band, big finish]** And I looked my darkness in the eye Said "you don't get to run my life" Fed my soul like a garden in the spring Let go of every heavy thing Now I'm livin' like I mean it, out here under open sky Face it, feed it, live it — that's how I'm gettin' by Yeah, that's how I'm gettin' by **[Outro]** (soft, just guitar and voice) Face it... feed it... live it, friend This is livin', start to end Face it... feed it... live it now Ain't nothin' to it but to do it, somehow
