[Intro] Baby, come sit beside me Let the whole world fade away I've got a thousand things inside me I've been saving just to say [Verse 1] I remember that old truck of yours Rain shining on your hair Two hearts leaning on a tailgate Neither knowing love was there You were wild and I was stubborn We had dreams and debts to pay We'd fight beneath the porch light Then hold each other anyway I saw the boy behind your temper Saw the hurt behind your pride Through the nights you felt forgotten I kept standing by your side [Pre-Chorus] From that first spark in the darkness To these years we've made it through Every road that tried to break us Led my heart right back to you [Chorus] You're my beautiful mess, my country soul The hand I reach for when the nights turn cold I'd choose you in the sunshine I'd choose you in the rain Through the laughter in our kitchen Through the nights of hurt and pain You're my wild heart, my forever My slow dance beneath the moon When this old world stops its spinning I'll still be reaching out for you [Verse 2] I know the little ways you hide your smile How you lose your keys and make me laugh awhile You talk too much, then go quiet when you're hurt Track mud through the house and leave your jacket in the dirt The world sees your rough edges, the things you wish you'd change But I see a tender heart no judgment can explain I remember flashing red lights And the terror in my chest Praying heaven wouldn't take you Before I'd said what mattered best Every fight and every laugh Every moment left behind I learned the hurt beneath your anger And the love you tried to hide [Pre-Chorus] You don't have to wear a mask for me I love the man beneath what people see Every crooked road and scar you've known Has made you someone I call home [Chorus] You're my beautiful mess, my country soul The hand I reach for when the nights turn cold You ain't got to be perfect, you don't have to pretend I'll love you through the beginning and the bitter end From the boy chasing headlights down a backroad lane To the man who holds me through the pouring rain Every flaw, every fear, every side of you Makes me love you deeper than I ever knew [Verse 3] Now we're older, and the years show in your face But I still see that young man no time can erase When your weary hands come home I'll give you peace instead of tears I'll warm the water, hold you Quiet all your fears We can slow dance barefoot red In our kitchen, laughing softly With your heart against my head At the honky-tonk, your boots keep time And I thank the stars we've lasted this long [Bridge] You're the dream I never outgrew You're the prayer that carried through From that first night by your truck lights To the life I built with you If you could borrow my eyes tonight You'd see your worth in a different light God knows we ain't been perfect We've had storms we can't undo But I'd rather face a lifetime Of the hard than none with you If the music stops tomorrow I'll be sitting by your side With your weathered hand in mine Till my final breath [Pre-Chorus] You have loved me through my brokenness Never asked me to be new Now I'll spend my days reminding you My safest place is you [Final Chorus] I'll choose you in the morning I'll choose you at the end As your lover, as your shelter As your woman and your friend You're my beautiful mess, my heart's own song The place I belong when everything goes wrong When your eyes grow tired of fighting Let my arms become your home You don't have to bear the whole world You will never stand alone Every mile, each scar, each memory Still brings me back to you [Outro] Now close your eyes, my darling Let tomorrow wait outside And if life gave me one more beginning There's just one thing I would do I'd walk back to that old tailgate And fall all over again for you.
