[Verse 1] Out here every girl got a small, quiet secret bare feet in the gravel kicking dust in the porch‑swing light little roadside crown in a thrift‑store dress fireflies tracing silver halos in the night she’s a river kid with a hand‑me‑down jacket holding her breath when the trucks roll by [Chorus] You’re more than what this small town ever named more than rust, more than old window panes you’re a story that the red clay always knew you are wild, you are kind, you are tried and true When the daylight fades off the two‑lane roads I’ll remind you what your tired heart wrote you’re the spark, not the fence or the wire you’re the song, you’re the smoke, you’re the fire [Verse 2] They stitched you up in hand‑me‑down manners pinned your heart to Sunday best and pews taught you how to hide your thunder how to call a dimmed‑down soul “paying dues” but your laugh still jumps like river water your thoughts run ahead in cut‑off jeans under every careful smile you’re holding there’s a wild thing bursting at the seams [Chorus] You’re more than what this small town ever named more than rust, more than old window panes you’re a story that the red clay always knew you are wild, you are kind, you are tried and true When the daylight fades off the two‑lane roads I’ll remind you what your tired heart wrote you’re the spark, not the fence or the wire you’re the song, you’re the smoke, you’re the fire [Bridge] Every freckle, every scar little road signs where you’ve been every tear that hit that dashboard turned to lanterns deep within (oh) If you saw you how I see you now you would never beg for proof you would tip your hat to your own heart call your mercy iron‑rooted truth [Chorus] You’re more than what this small town ever named more than rust, more than old window panes you’re a story that the red clay always knew you are wild, you are kind, you are tried and true When the daylight fades off the two‑lane roads I’ll remind you what your tired heart wrote you’re the spark, not the fence or the wire you’re the song, you’re the smoke, you’re the fire (yeah) [Outro] Out here every girl got a slow dawn breaking and it’s you it’s you it’s your heart awakening
