[Intro] White line Low beams Same road Same need [Verse 1] County Road 19 still leans the same way after the bridge Shoulder drops, guardrail chewed, that one mailbox on a lean I take it slower than I should, like the asphalt might still give A minute I already spent A girl I already mean The trees here keep their business, they do not care who comes back They just throw the same dark over the same cheap hood I used to watch your knee bounce in time with the cracks Now I watch the empty seat And call that watching good [Pre-Chorus] If I turn around I still know every bend If I keep going I still end up where we were then [Chorus] County Road 19 Takes me whether I agree County Road 19 Has your month in the trees County Road 19 I can leave it, I have tried It just waits in the dark Like a mouth that stays wide [Verse 2] There's a pull-off by the creek where we sat and let the ticks die Engine ticking, radio bad, your feet on the dash You said this road is nothing, it is only how you get by I said nothing is a place I was already attached A truck still throws gravel the same mean way through the turn The same dog still owns the yard with the rusted swing I keep expecting your laugh to come out of the fern Then I remember I am the only Stupid, driving thing [Pre-Chorus] If I turn around I still know every bend If I keep going I still end up where we were then [Chorus] County Road 19 Takes me whether I agree County Road 19 Has your month in the trees County Road 19 I can leave it, I have tried It just waits in the dark Like a mouth that stays wide [Verse 3] I have taken better highways with better reasons to move I have made the grown choice and I have made it twice This strip of county blacktop still has something to prove It can hold a whole October In two cheap miles So I ride it out to the four-way where the caution light hangs Red, dark, red, dark, like a pulse that will not learn Then I take the loop back like a man who likes the pang County road Same blood Same burn [Bridge] This is not a map song This is not a pretty drive This is the only pavement That still knows we were alive You can keep the kitchen You can keep the coat and the cup I get this ugly ribbon And I cannot give it up [Guitar Break] Let the road talk Let the low end hold No new words Just the old [Chorus] County Road 19 Takes me whether I agree County Road 19 Has your month in the trees County Road 19 I can leave it, I have tried It just waits in the dark Like a mouth that stays wide [Final Chorus] County Road 19 If you ever ride it again Do not act like it is nothing It still knows where we have been County Road 19 Keep me or throw me aside I will be on this blacktop Till the month gets tired [Outro] Bridge Mailbox Four-way Lean I drive I drive County Road 19
