

Prompt / Lyrics
Verse 1 Cracked vinyl sticking to my legs July heat, hair blowing in my face Mama’s driving with one hand Other one tapping on the dash to the band Sunset bleeding through the trees Two-lane running like a memory Speakers shaking that old Grand Prix Like it was headed to the Opry Pre-Chorus She’d turn it up when the chorus hit Singing loud, not caring one bit Chorus In the backseat of a ‘96 Pontiac Grand Prix, windows down, getting my fix “My Maria” on repeat, yeah we’d let it play Then a little Shania Twain, “That Don’t Impress Me Much” all the way Air blowing wild through the summer night Mama laughing at a red light That radio made a country boy Outta the backseat of a ‘96 Verse 2 Dashboard lights like a county fair Gas tank low but we didn’t care She’d say, “Boy, don’t you ever lose That small-town heart and those cowboy boots.” Every word of every song Still lives in me all these years long From a CD skipping tracks To dreams riding in the back Pre-Chorus I learned love and I learned pain From a steel guitar in the fast lane Chorus In the backseat of a ‘96 Pontiac Grand Prix, windows down, getting my fix “My Maria” on repeat, yeah we’d let it play Then a little Shania Twain lighting up the highway Air blowing wild through the summer night Mama singing every line just right That radio made a country boy Outta the backseat of a ‘96 Bridge (big lift, drums drop then hit hard) Now I’m driving with my own kid back there Same two-lane, same hot summer air And when that chorus comes around I crank it up and I let it pound Final Chorus (bigger, stacked harmonies) In the backseat of a ‘26 Chevy Colorado, windows down, getting his fix “My Maria” playing loud, yeah we still sing And a little Shania Twain makes the whole truck swing Time rolls on but the feeling sticks Like a memory you just can’t kick That radio raising this country boy In the backseat of a ‘26 Tag (hooky, chant style) Whoa-oh-oh… windows down Whoa-oh-oh… radio loud Yeah that’s where it all began Backseat of a ‘96
Tags
Modern country with 90s vibe, upbeat 108 BPM, driving drums, bright Telecaster, pedal steel, fiddle fills, big singalong
3:16
No
2/19/2026