[Verse 1]
Your sister knows my name
Your mama knew my truck
I learned that smile of hers
Before I learned self-control
We kept it off the record
Kept it low and slow
Now you call me brother
I just nod and let it go
[Pre-Chorus]
I been biting my tongue
Since way back when
One wrong word
And it all comes down again
You trust me with your keys
With your busted old guitar
I trust myself
To leave that past where it are
[Chorus]
I never told you
I never told you
I kept that fire in my chest
I never told you
I never told you
She was mine before the rest
(Just a little)
(Just sometimes)
But that’s a line I won’t cross twice
[Verse 2]
Friday at the corner store
She looked me in the eye
Like we both remembered
How the door used to slide
No headlines, no confessions
Just a quiet little grin
Then she paid for gas and coffee
And we vanished back again
[Pre-Chorus]
You talk about your family
Like they’re made of gold
I keep my face straight
Even when the story’s old
One drunk word, one slip
Would burn the whole damn town
So I chew on my secrets
And I wash them down
[Chorus]
I never told you
I never told you
I kept that fire in my chest
I never told you
I never told you
She was mine before the rest
(Just a little)
(Just sometimes)
But that’s a line I won’t cross twice
[Bridge]
Now I’m staring at your front porch
In the summer heat
Feeling every old mistake
In my boots and in my teeth
If truth can break a brother
Then lies can do the same
So I take my shame home with me
And I don’t say her name
[Final Chorus]
I never told you
I never told you
I kept that fire in my chest
I never told you
I never told you
She was mine before the rest
(Just a little)
(Just sometimes)
But that’s a line I won’t cross twice
I never told you
I never told you
And I’m praying I stay quiet tonight