Midnight bleeding on a rusted hood
Diesel heart where a man once stood
CB whisper like a devil’s prayer
White lines running but they ain’t nowhere
Gravel voice and a coffee cup
Forty tons and I’m wound too tight
Headlights carving through the sin
Like a blade in the throat of the night
[Pre-Chorus]
Radio static, mile marker 9
Got regrets riding shotgun in my mind
[Chorus]
I’m a blacktop ghost on an 18 ride
Chrome-plated sinner with nowhere to hide
Dark long nights and a broken past
Just me and the engine burning gas
Wind howls low like it knows my name
Every town looks the damn same
I keep rolling so I don’t feel
Steel horse heart and a dead man’s wheel
[Verse 2]
Truck stop neon flickers red
Like a warning light inside my head
Jukebox crying some old sad tune
Moon hanging like a noose in June
Got a picture taped above the dash
Edges curled from the years that passed
Every mile just digs it deeper
Every sunrise hits me cheaper
[Pre-Chorus]
Tar snakes twist like a loaded lie
Can’t outrun what’s behind my eyes
[Chorus]
I’m a blacktop ghost on an 18 ride
Chrome-plated sinner with nowhere to hide
Dark long nights and a broken past
Just me and the engine burning gas
Wind howls low like it knows my name
Every town looks the damn same
I keep rolling so I don’t feel
Steel horse heart and a dead man’s wheel
[Bridge – Half-Time / Heavy]
Throttle down, let the demons chase
Rearview mirror full of her face
If the Lord’s up there, He don’t speak
Just thunder rumble and the brakes that squeak
[Final Chorus – Bigger, Grittier]
I’m a blacktop ghost on an 18 ride
Ashes in the cab, nowhere to hide
Dark long nights and a hollow prayer
Exhaust smoke hanging in the air
If I stop, I might break in two
So I drive till the sky turns blue
Eighteen wheels and a heart of steel
Only thing left that I can feel
durand
