Ten Years Later

[Verse 1]
Ran into you by the peaches
At that grocery off 49
You laughed and said
"Lord
Time flies"
I said
"You still cut the line"
Your hair's a little shorter
My boots are a little worn through
But I swear that same old summer
Came back when I looked at you
[Chorus]
Ten years later
And my heart still knows your name
All those muddy Friday night bleachers
All that young and reckless flame
We were scared of forever
So we let forever wait
Ten years later
Guess forever showed up late
[Verse 2]
You asked if I'd stayed in town
I said
"Just close enough to leave"
You said you tried the big sky
But came home to finally breathe
We joked about our old yearbook
And that truck we almost drowned
Then you touched my arm and whispered
"Can we sit and talk this out?"
[Chorus]
Ten years later
And my heart still knows your name
All those muddy Friday night bleachers
All that young and reckless flame
We were scared of forever
So we let forever wait
Ten years later
Guess forever showed up late
[Bridge]
We were eighteen
All sharp edges
Too proud to bend
Too quick to go
You took your pain to the coastline
I took mine to backroads and smoke
Now you're here by the peaches
I'm here trying not to shake
Saying
"If you want
We got time now
And I've learned from my mistakes" (yeah)
[Chorus]
Ten years later
And my heart still knows your name
All those muddy Friday night bleachers
A little softer in the frame
We were scared of forever
But I ain't scared today
Ten years later
If you're ready
I’ll stay
[Outro]
You smiled
Said
"I've been ready"
Under flickering fluorescent glow
Ten years later in that aisle
Felt like coming home
Ten years later
We finally get to grow

folk, Warm acoustic country-folk with male vocals, brushed snare and upright bass swaying under fingerpicked guitar. Verses stay intimate and conversational, fiddle pads and soft pedal steel slide in on the chorus. Energy builds on the final hook with stacked harmonies and a subtle tambourine lift, keeping everything close, earthy, and heartfelt., country