[ Saxaphone Intro]
[Verse 1]
I packed your name in dust
On a two-lane road
Arkansas kept the ache
And I kept it cold
Your eyes under the stars
Still haunt my view
I can’t outrun that night
Or what I lost in you
[Break, Modulation]
[Pre-Chorus]
I been half a man
Since you slipped away
Every mile back home
Tastes like yesterday
[Chorus]
Arkansas blue
That’s the color of you
Arkansas blue
I don’t know what to do
Heart broke in two
I’m still missing you
Arkansas blue
Arkansas blue (Arkansas blue)
[Verse 2]
The porch light flickers out
By the screen door frame
I stand there talking to
A house that knows your name
My hands won’t hold the dawn
Like they used to do
I’m tired of waking up
With your ghost in the room
[Pre-Chorus]
I been learning slow
What the hurt can take
But some old love
Never fades away
[Chorus]
Arkansas blue
That’s the color of you
Arkansas blue
I don’t know what to do
Heart broke in two
I’m still missing you
Arkansas blue
Arkansas blue (Arkansas blue)
[Bridge]
If I could reach that night
I’d ask you to stay
But the stars don’t answer
And they won’t give you back today
So I walk this line
Through the hurt I knew
Trying to find my life
In the shade of you
[Final Chorus Spoken]
Arkansas blue
That’s the color of you
Arkansas blue
I’m still pulling through
Lost and broke too
But I’m reaching for new
Arkansas blue
Arkansas blue (Arkansas blue)