One Road In, One Road Out

[Verse 1]
One road in
One road out
Dust on the dash
Faith in doubt
County line sign
Leaned halfway down
Same old church
Same worn-out town
[Chorus]
One road in
One road out
Where we learn what love’s about
Where we burn
Where we break
Where we’re stayin’ proud
From the first slow kiss in that rusted-out truck
To leavin’ with a box full of almost-enough
Yeah
This small-town heart still shouts
One road in
One road out
[Verse 2]
You in my hoodie on your front porch swing
Fireflies floatin’ round your high school ring
Talkin’ ’bout Nashville
Talkin’ ’bout flight
While your mama yelled “home” through the kitchen light
[Chorus]
One road in
One road out
Where we learn what love’s about
Where we burn
Where we break
Where we’re stayin’ proud
From the first “I’m fine” when we both knew it hurt
To leavin’ my boots in your backseat dirt
Yeah
This small-town heart still shouts
One road in
One road out
[Bridge]
Maybe that’s all I’ll ever need (oh yeah)
Just your name and that old two-lane memory
I drive in circles
But it comes back around
Every map leads me home to that dead-end town
[Chorus]
One road in
One road out
Where we learn what love’s about
Where we swear we’ll leave
But we circle back somehow
From the nights we swore we were bigger than this
To prayin’ for a life that looks just like this
Yeah
My cracked-up heart still shouts
One road in
One road out

rock, Anthemic late-90s alt-country with male vocals; twangy electric guitars over steady modern low-end, shuffling train-beat drums and crisp tambourine. Verses stay tight and rhythmic with palm-muted chugs; chorus explodes with wide open chords, stacked gang vocals on the hook, and a soaring melodic lead. Bridge strips to bass, kick, and vocal before a final full-band, hands-in-the-air outro chorus., pop, electric, male vocals, country rock, alternative country, rhythmic, country