[Verse 1]
Last July
I was ring-shopping in town
Had her name
Picked out in a wedding vow
Sarah Rhodes
Packed her bags and slammed that door
Left my heart
Like boots muddy on the floor
[Pre-Chorus]
Thought I was broken
Thought I was done
But look who’s rising
Up with the sun
[Chorus]
I’m better after Sarah Rhodes
Stronger than the hurt she chose
She threw away a man who’d give it all
Now I’m standing ten feet tall
Yeah, she walked out on solid gold
Too blind to see the love she’d owned
I was down so low
Now I’m high on hope
I’m better
Better after Sarah Rhodes
[Verse 2]
Used to stare
At her dent in my old truck
Every mile
Was a ghost and a little bad luck
Now that seat
Holds a future I ain’t met yet
Radio loud
Singing past every regret
[Pre-Chorus]
I did my crying
I did my time
Now every scar
Is a straight backbone line
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
She’ll tell her friends I changed
Truth is, I finally grew
She played a foolish game
And I learned what I won’t walk back into
If she ever hears my name
It’ll burn like whiskey down her throat
Knowing I became the man
She was too dumb to hold
[Chorus]