The night falls slow on a southern town
Neon hums like a half-told prayer
I lean my back on the hood of a memory
And breathe in the silence there
The jukebox fades, but the moment stays
Like a ghost I don’t wanna lose
Every word I swallowed all these years
Finds a voice in the blues
Chorus
So let the guitar talk when I can’t
Let it cry where I stand
Let it bend every truth I’m too scared to say
In a language I understand
If my heart breaks under these stars tonight
Let the strings take my hand
When my voice gives out in the dark
Let the guitar talk
I’ve loved hard, yeah I loved too fast
Burned a few bridges down to the bone
I chased forever in the taillights
Of a dream that never slowed
She said, “Boy, you’re already gone”
I heard it, but I stayed quiet then
Now every note I pull from the strings
Is me trying to make amends
Chorus
So let the guitar talk when I can’t
Let it bleed through my hands
Let it sing every mile I lost along the way
Every hope I had planned
If the truth hurts more than the lies tonight
Let the strings take my stand
When my voice gives out in the dark
Let the guitar talk
Solo Break
The lights go low, the crowd fades out
Just wood and wire and time
Every bend says what I never could
Every slide draws the line
Bridge
Maybe peace ain’t a place you find
Maybe it’s just a sound
A slow, sweet note hanging in the air
Before it touches the ground
Final Chorus
So let the guitar talk when I’m gone
When my words don’t last long
Let it echo through every open road
Where my restless heart belongs
If they ask who I really was
When the night falls apart
Just tell ’em I finally learned
To let the guitar talk
Outro
When the last note fades in the morning light
And the case closes soft and slow
There’s a little bit of me in every string
Still saying what I couldn’t show
Steven30
