[Intro]
[harmonica wails, slow and dirty]
[low vocal register, spoken]
Welcome
to my little slice of the world
Sunburnt shoulders
Salt on the steering wheel
If you’re ridin’
You’re ridin’ with me
[Verse 1]
Saw her thumb out
Cutoff shorts and a backpack
Said “Where you headed?”
She just leaned in, laughed back
Boots on my dash
Sand still stuck to her calves
Said “I like strong arms
And a full tank, that’s facts”
She had a sun-faded cap
With a motel logo
Tan line halo
Smelled like cocoa and smoke though
“Name’s whatever you want
For the next eighty miles”
Then she bit her lip slow
Hit me with that coastal smile
[Chorus]
Gulf Coast hitchhiker, ridin’ my lane
Sweet little sinner with a storm in her veins
She don’t love men
She just loves the ride
Windows down, heat on high
Let that hot wind slide
Yeah, she climbs on in
Takes what she likes
Then she’s gone by sunrise
[Verse 2]
She said “Cowboy
You ever seen trouble in flip-flops?”
Feet on the window
Singin’ along to the truck talk
Took my ball cap
Pulled it low on her eyes
Said “I trade soft kisses
For freeway lines”
Pulled in a diner
Chrome sign, fried shrimp smell
She worked the room
Like she rang some bell
Old boys grinnin’
Tryna buy her fries
She just winked at me
Wiped sauce off her thighs
Back in the seat
She slid closer, slow burn
Hand on my leg
Said “Take the next sharp turn
Park by the pier
Let the waves do the talkin’
Leave that key right here
If you wake up, I’m already walkin’”
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[crescendo, drums and guitars swell]
She likes calloused hands
But she won’t hold on
She’s a long black ribbon
On an endless road, gone
I ain’t mad at it
I just play my role
Gas, grit, leather seats
And a hungry soul
[Chorus]