[Verse 1]
Old truck parked by the gate
Dust on the hood, paint gone thin
You slid in close, that summer dress
And said, "Drive me past the wind"
Horses drifted through the grass
By the fence line, slow and free
The creek kept talkin' to the reeds
Like it knew your name and me
[Verse 2]
I saw your boots by the barn
Fresh mud on the red clay floor
Mama called, "Come help me down"
But you were laughing out the door
Stars hung low on the pasture line
Moonlight on the hayloft roof
We crossed that field in borrowed time
With a whole wild sky for proof
[Pre-Chorus]
Then the clouds rolled up from west
Soft thunder on the hill
You tucked your hand in mine and said
"Stay right here if you will"
[Chorus]
Old truck, hold us close
Creek run, don't you stop
Girl like you and a night like this
Don't come 'round this farm a lot
Rain move in, let it fall
Stars shine through the gray
Old truck, hold us close
Till the morning takes us away
(hold us close)
[Verse 3]
Rain tapped hard on the tin
We watched the pasture turn to shine
Horses traced the meadow slow
Like they had nowhere else to be but time
You leaned back, bare feet up
Laughed at the storm blow through
And I thought the whole wide world
Was just this truck and me and you
[Bridge]
When the first drops hit the dirt
And the creek got loud below
You said life feels less like drift
When you got somewhere warm to go
So I kissed your hand in the dark
While the barn light split the haze
And the farm slept deep around us
Under that silver blaze
[Chorus]
Old truck, hold us close
Creek run, don't you stop
Girl like you and a night like this
Don't come 'round this farm a lot
Rain move in, let it fall
Stars shine through the gray
Old truck, hold us close
Till the morning takes us away
(hold us close)
[Outro]
Horses in the meadow
Creek song in the rain
Old truck on the county road
And your hand in mine again