Let the Guitar Talk

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