[Verse 1]
Cold brew in a paper cup
Traffic like a river of steel
I’m staring at a screen in a windowed box
Thinking, this can’t be the deal
Neon buzz and a concrete view
Can’t hear myself think in this crowd
I was raised where the gravel hits your boots
Where the stars don’t have to shout
[Chorus]
’Cause these city streets just ain’t for me
I need to be where the sky meets the trees
Where the front porch light is all I need
And the creek sings me to sleep
Yeah, these busy lights, they steal my peace
I’m headed back where my heart runs free
Out past the noise, out past the breeze
I need to be where the sky meets the trees
[Verse 2]
Mama’s voice on the telephone
Says your daddy’s fixing up the barn
Your old dog’s grayer ‘round the nose
But he still comes runnin’ to the yard
There’s a rusted sign on that two-lane road
Still leans like it’s waving at me
I can almost taste that supper on the stove
And that small-town history
[Chorus]
’Cause these city streets just ain’t for me
I need to be where the sky meets the trees
Where the front porch light is all I need
And the creek sings me to sleep
Yeah, these busy lights, they steal my peace
I’m headed back where my heart runs free
Out past the noise, out past the breeze
I need to be where the sky meets the trees
[Bridge]
So I’m packing up this tiny place (hey!)
Boxing up my worn blue jeans
Chasing down that open space
Where the air blows clean
One last look at that skyline glow
Then I’m gone on that highway east
Til the blacktop cracks and the cornfields grow
And the dirt road sets me free
[Chorus]
’Cause these city streets just ain’t for me
I need to be where the sky meets the trees
Where the front porch light is all I need
And the creek sings me to sleep
Yeah, these busy lights, they steal my peace
I’m headed back where my heart runs free
Out past the noise, out past the breeze
I need to be where the sky meets the trees
[Outro]
Where the sky
Meets the trees
That’s home
That’s home to me