Dust on My Name

I woke up with the sun on my windshield

Coffee cold, but my heart was wide awake

There’s a long line of miles in my rearview

And a whole lot of love I couldn’t make stay

I’ve been chasing shadows down backroads

Trying to outrun who I was before

But every town knows my kind of trouble

Every goodbye just leaves me wanting more

Chorus

I got dust on my name and scars on my hands

Songs in my pocket I don’t always understand

I don’t need a promise, I don’t need fame

Just a midnight sky and dust on my name

That old guitar rides beside me

Like it knows every truth I won’t say

When the night gets quiet and heavy

It sings me through the pain

I loved a girl with wildfire eyes

Swore I’d never let her down

But I was married to the motion

And she was tired of waiting around

Chorus

I got dust on my name and miles on my soul

A heart that’s running, but it’s losing control

I don’t need forgiveness, I don’t need blame

Just a place to rest this dust on my name

Bridge

Maybe someday I’ll stop chasing sunsets

Put my boots down, let the world slow its spin

But freedom’s a voice I can’t ignore

And it keeps pulling me back in

Chorus

I got dust on my name and wind in my face

Every wrong turn led me someplace

If I fall, I fall just the same

With a song in my chest and dust on my name

Outro

When the road runs out and the lights burn low

I’ll know every mile was worth the pain

If they ask me who I was out there

Just tell them I left dust on my name