[Verse 1]
Mud on my boots
But my jacket's all black
Phone full of beats
And your name I won't tap
You said I'd fade
Like a song in July
How you gonna feel
When it's me in the sky
[Pre-Chorus]
You said I wouldn't get far
I'm in the rearview of your old car
Every mile that I had to bleed
Turned into the gas that I need
[Chorus]
When you see me
Ridin' high, ridin' free (yeah)
New hat, same heart
But it ain't yours to keep
When you see me
With a crowd singin' off-key
You'll know every little doubt
Put the fire in me
When you see me
[Verse 2]
Small town talk
Had me boxed in a lane
Old boys laughin'
At the dreams I claimed
Now those same voices
Try to call me their friend
Funny how the story
Starts over again
[Pre-Chorus]
I remember every cheap shot
Every "give it up, you are not"
Now I'm pullin' up slow to the meet
Turnin' every side-eye to a seat
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[low vocal register]
You gon' feel that chill
When I walk in the place
'Cause you wrote that script
Now you watchin' me erase
[spoken, close to mic]
This is how it looks
When the long shot hits
When the wrong-side kid
Learns to live with the risk
[crescendo]
Now I'm hands up high
Singin' over that doubt
If you wondered who I am
This the moment you find out
[Chorus]