County Line

Verse 1

I watched your boots find that old dance floor

Like they’d never left this town before.

Every laugh came easy, every hand knew your name,

And I knew right then I couldn’t compete with yesterday.

Pre-Chorus

You weren’t looking back,

You were looking home.

Chorus

She’s got your hometown written in your eyes,

Every backroad memory comes alive.

You can hide it, but I know that look too well,

Some hearts never really leave where they fell.

So I’ll raise another glass to the leaving kind,

Watching your taillights fade into the night.

I don’t need a highway sign to tell—

You’re crossing that county line.

Verse 2

Your old buddies fired up that rusty jukebox,

George Strait spinning while the whole place talked.

You laughed the way you used to before we met,

That’s the smile I knew I’d never get.

Bridge

Maybe loving you was borrowing time,

Maybe I was only passing through your life.

Some roads bend and some roads break,

Some hearts were never mine to take.

Final Chorus

You’ve got your hometown written in your eyes,

Every backroad memory comes alive.

No matter how far this world can roll,

Home still calls the ones it knows.

So I’ll leave one empty chair tonight,

Wish you well beneath those neon lights.

I don’t need a highway sign to tell—

You’re crossing that county line.