Pennsylvania To Louisiana

[Verse 1]
Got my boots in this red clay gravel
But my heart’s in that bayou rain
These hills don’t sound like crickets
Just trucks on a midnight train
Your picture’s on my dashboard shaking
Every bump feels like your name
Pennsylvania sky just hangs here
But it never hangs the same
[Chorus]
I’m missin’ her here in Pennsylvania
Lost my way back home to Louisiana
Every road sign feels like it’s wrong
Every mile just makes it too long
If love’s a map then baby I’m stranded
Wrong state, wrong side of the planet
Missin’ her here in Pennsylvania
Wishin’ I was back in Louisiana (with you)
[Verse 2]
There’s a diner off old Route 30
Coffee tastes like yesterday
I stir in sugar, think of summers
Down where the Spanish moss would sway
Your daddy grillin’ on a Friday
You dancin’ barefoot in the yard
Up here the fields are full of fences
Down there you tore down my guard
[Chorus]
I’m missin’ her here in Pennsylvania
Lost my way back home to Louisiana
Every road sign feels like it’s wrong
Every mile just makes it too long
If love’s a map then baby I’m stranded
Wrong state, wrong side of the planet
Missin’ her here in Pennsylvania
Wishin’ I was back in Louisiana (with you)
[Bridge]
I could chase that southern moonlight
Turn this truck around tonight (oh yeah)
But the bills and this cold December
Tie me up like power lines
So I’ll trace that river on a postcard
Send it down to where you are
Till my boots hit that front porch landing
And I’m back there in your arms
[Chorus]
I’m missin’ her here in Pennsylvania
Lost my way back home to Louisiana
Every road sign feels like it’s wrong
Every mile just makes it too long
If love’s a map then baby I’m stranded
Wrong state, wrong side of the planet
Missin’ her here in Pennsylvania
But my heart’s already in Louisiana (with you)

country, Warm modern country ballad with male vocals; steady brushed kit and soft picked acoustic guitar under verses, pedal steel swells. Chorus lifts with layered harmonies, bright mandolin and a round bass pulse. Second half adds subtle organ pad and a half-time bridge before a final intimate chorus stripped back to vocal and guitar.