Almost Was

I saw you leanin’ on that old red Chevy,

Sunset glowin’ in your hair so heavy.

You smiled like you already knew my name,

But we just passed like strangers all the same.

I lit a smoke, you drove away,

Coulda chased you down, but I let it stay.

Now I ride that memory like a worn-out train,

Through the corners of my mind and a heart full of rain.

🎶 We were the song that never played,

The dance that never swayed.

Two hearts stuck in the dust of what it almost made.

You were the fire I never lit,

The truth I never said.

Now you’re the ghost in every love I get instead.

We weren’t a crash, we weren’t a cause —

We were just an almost was. 🎶

I heard you moved to Amarillo town,

Married some boy who wears a badge and crown.

I wonder if he sees you like I did —

That wild soul behind the southern grin.

I still drive past that old Texaco,

Where you laughed at me in the pouring snow.

Sometimes I swear I see you there,

But it’s just the wind and an empty stare.

🎶 We were the call I never made,

The risk I didn’t take.

Two dreamers drownin’ slow in a small-town lake.

You were the chord I never strummed,

The words that stayed unsung.

Now you’re the silence in the room when the night’s too young.

No crash, no flame, no final applause —

We were just an almost was. 🎶

And I’d trade a thousand nights alone

For one that hurt but felt like home.

Even just to say goodbye,

And know the reason why…

🎶 We were the love that missed the light,

A match that lost the strike.

Two stars passin’ quiet in the long, dark night.

You were the road I never drove,

The heart I should’ve chose.

Now you’re the face I see when I get too close.

No fight, no flame, no “just because” —

We were just an almost was. 🎶