Backroads and Blue Jeans

You rolled up in that hand-me-down Ford

Sun-faded red, passenger door

Held it for me like a small-town king

Said, “Jump in, I’ll show you everything”

Grass stains on your old ball cap

Two straws in a shared shake, laughing at that

Radio low, but your eyes sang loud

I was halfway gone just pulling out of town

Backroads and blue jeans

You and that crooked grin

Windows down, hair in the wind

I was all the way, all the way in

Heartbeats like high beams

Cutting through a Friday night

Didn’t know love could feel this right

Backroads and blue jeans

You had me, you had me

Dust cloud, chasing that county line sign

Bare feet on the dash, your hand over mine

Pulled off where the creek runs wide

Skipped stones, told secrets we still can’t hide

You said, “I ain’t got much, but this is me”

That old truck, this town, this field, these dreams

I said, “Boy, that’s more than enough”

Right then I knew I was calling this love

Backroads and blue jeans

You and that crooked grin

Windows down, hair in the wind

I was all the way, all the way in

Heartbeats like high beams

Cutting through a Friday night

Didn’t know love could feel this right

Backroads and blue jeans

You had me, you had me

Years later, same truck, new ring (oh)

Same road, same sky, still the same old thing

I look at you and I still believe

It all began with

Backroads and blue jeans

You and that crooked grin

Windows down, hair in the wind

I was all the way, all the way in

Heartbeats like high beams

Cutting through this whole life

Didn’t know forever’d start that night

Backroads and blue jeans

You had me, you’ve still got me