Gravel Roads And Silver Hair

Coffee steam and a quiet porch

Same old swing, a brand new dawn

Neighbor waves from a dusty Ford

Dog just yawns and carries on

Bills in a stack on the kitchen shelf

Names in frames on the hallway wall

Some days you feel ten feet tall

Some days you barely feel yourself

Life ain't a straight line, it's a gravel road

Full of busted plans and heavy loads

Sunday dresses, Friday fights

Empty gas tanks, starry nights

We get a little lost, then we get found

Laughing on the way to higher ground

Yeah, it hurts, yeah, it’s rare

Gravel roads and silver hair

First goodbye at a high school gate

She cried hard, he tried to joke

Plans they wrote on a paper plate

Washed away like summer smoke

Wedding rings and a second shift

Tiny hands grabbing daddy's thumb

You blink twice and they’re all grown up

You blink again, you’re where you’re from

Life ain't a straight line, it's a gravel road

Full of busted plans and heavy loads

Sunday dresses, Friday fights

Empty gas tanks, starry nights

We get a little lost, then we get found

Laughing on the way to higher ground

Yeah, it hurts, yeah, it’s rare

Gravel roads and silver hair

All those “never”s turning into “used to”

All those “someday”s scattered in the rearview

Still we keep driving, windows down, hearts bare

Singing with the wind like a simple prayer

Life ain't a straight line, it's a gravel road

Full of busted plans and heavy loads

Sunday dresses, Friday fights

Empty gas tanks, starry nights

We get a little lost, then we get found

Laughing on the way to higher ground

Take the hurt, take the care

Gravel roads and silver hair