[Verse 1]
Diesel on my jacket
Mud on my boots
Forty tons behind me
And a lie I outgrew
Paid by the mile
Paid in the ache
I laughed at the warning
Then I met the lake
[Pre-Chorus]
Black ice under moonlight
One blink, one slide
Trailer starts singing
Like a cut-down wire
I grabbed that wheel
Like it owed me a life
Then the cab went quiet
And the world tipped right
[Chorus]
Black ice mile
I came back changed
Black ice mile
I got a new name
Black ice mile
I don’t drive the same
(black ice mile)
[Verse 2]
Front end folded
Like cheap card stock
County lights spinning
In a busted stop
A little kid crying
In a coat too thin
I held his hand steady
While my pride caved in
Used to chase the clock
Like a dog on leash
Now I read every curve
Like a church reads peace
I still got the scars
On my arms, on my chin
But the biggest wreck I took
Was the man I was in
[Pre-Chorus]
Black ice under moonlight
One blink, one slide
Trailer starts singing
Like a cut-down wire
I grabbed that wheel
Like it owed me a life
Then the cab went quiet
And the world tipped right
[Chorus]
Black ice mile
I came back changed
Black ice mile
I got a new name
Black ice mile
I don’t drive the same
(black ice mile)
[Bridge]
Now I slow at the hill
Let the taillights glow
Check the sky for trouble
Before the load
If the road wants blood
It can take my pride
I got one wild lesson
I let live ride
[Final Chorus]
Black ice mile
I came back changed
Black ice mile
I got a new name
Black ice mile
I don’t drive the same
(black ice mile)