[Verse]
They say, "Lighten up, let your voice hit high,
Sing like him, and let your troubles slide."
Quit those outlaw tunes, cut the strings on strife,
Stop singing 'bout your heart, stop singing 'bout your life.
[Verse 2]
Sayin', "Sing 'bout sunshine, and a lover's kiss,
Not 'bout those chips, just another miss."
Turn your back on the road, where the shadows lay,
But my soul's found peace in this outlawed way.
[Chorus]
Can't change my song for a shiny dream,
The heart beats true in the words I scream.
I won't bow down to a polished gleam,
In the dust and grit, my soul’s esteem.
[Verse 3]
They want me to soften to their pristine sheet,
But my heart don’t rhyme to that tidy beat.
Call her faded memory, wish I’d let it go,
But she’s in my blood, running with the flow.
[Verse 4]
Her name is written in the chords I strum,
In a whiskey ray of the setting sun.
Can’t erase the past or the paths I've chose,
Like a wild river, it’s just how it goes.
[Chorus]
Can't change my song for a shiny dream,
The heart beats true in the words I scream.
I won't bow down to a polished gleam,
In the dust and grit, my soul’s esteem.