Backroad Heartbeat

Verse 1

Got a half-tank in my Chevy and the sun’s goin’ down,

FM playin’ those old songs ’bout this small ol’ town.

There’s a breeze rollin’ in from the creek by the pines,

And it takes me back home to them good old times.

Verse 2

Friday night lights and that high school crowd,

Tailgates slammin’ and the radios loud.

We were young, wild, and free with nowhere to be,

Just a rebel heart boy chasin’ sweet seventeen.

Chorus

’Cause it’s a backroad heartbeat, kickin’ like a steel guitar,

Moonlight dancin’ on the hood of my car.

It’s the sound of forever in a small-town night,

Where the love runs deep and the stars shine bright.

Yeah, we were two fools fallin’ fast and free—

That backroad heartbeat was you and me.

Verse 3

Old dirt road dust on your cotton-white dress,

You were smilin’ at me like a sweet sunset.

And I swore right then I’d never let you go,

’Cause a love like that, boy, it’s country gold.

Chorus

’Cause it’s a backroad heartbeat, kickin’ like a steel guitar,

Moonlight dancin’ on the hood of my car.

It’s the sound of forever in a small-town night,

Where the love runs deep and the stars shine bright.

Yeah, we were two fools fallin’ fast and free—

That backroad heartbeat was you and me.

Bridge

Now whenever life gets ahead of my mind,

I take a drive where the memories hide.

The radio crackles like a ghost of the past,

Playin’ our song—wish those nights could last.

Final Chorus

It’s that backroad heartbeat, still echoing on,

Like the twang of a fiddle in an old love song.

’Cause the past ain’t gone, it just rides with me,

In that backroad heartbeat of what used to be.