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“Same Damn Road”
(Verse 1)
She’s two beers deep with a glassy grin,
Wobblin’ words as the night rolls in.
Leanin’ back in her faded chair,
Talkin’ ‘bout 25 years like she was still there.
She says, “That road knew me better than your old man did,”
With a raspy laugh and a cigarette lid.
“Every tree, every bend, I could drive it blind—
Even drunk, even tired, even outta my mind.”
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(Chorus)
Same damn road, same crooked line,
Same old stories she tells every time.
Slurrin’ through legends, the beers and the sights,
Like the moon lit her way on a thousand nights.
And she laughs too loud, forgets what she told,
But that’s just Mom, gettin’ warm with the cold.
Spinnin’ her tales ‘til the whiskey’s all gone—
On that same damn road she’s been drivin’ so long.
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(Verse 2)
“One time I saw a coyote dancin’ with ghosts,”
She hiccups and swears like she’s seen the most.
“I had a six-pack, a broken tail light,
And a cassette of Mellencamp singin’ ‘bout life.”
She circles back to a deer in ‘98,
Then again in the chorus, and once more at eight.
Like time’s a drunk loop and memory’s a blur,
But her laughter, God, you can’t forget her.
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(Chorus)
Same damn road, same crooked line,
Same old stories she tells every time.
Slurrin’ through legends, the beers and the sights,
Like the moon lit her way on a thousand nights.
And she laughs too loud, forgets what she told,
But that’s just Mom, gettin’ warm with the cold.
Spinnin’ her tales ‘til the whiskey’s all gone—
On that same damn road she’s been drivin’ so long.
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(Bridge)
And maybe she’s wild, and maybe she’s worn,
But there’s grace in the grit, in the way she was born.
She’s history in denim, in a four-door Ford,
With a glove box of lighters and a dashboard of lore.
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(Final Chorus)
Same damn road, same beaten track,
She’ll forget where she’s goin’, but she ain’t lookin’ back.
Slurrin’ and laughin’, a beer in her hand,
Like the queen of the county with no need to land.
And we love her like hell, even when she’s all wrong,
On that same damn road she’s been drivin’ so long.
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MechanicSam
