[Verse 1]
First night I saw you
Neon buzz at Z’s bar
You laughed at my busted boots
Said
“Boy
You ain’t from far”
Cheap beer
Pool chalk
You were runnin’ that table clean
I was all dust and diesel
You were wildfire in my jeans
[Chorus]
Love at first sight at Z’s bar
Baby
Hit me hard like a hit of that rye
Now it’s rigs and miles and busted knuckles
But your name’s still burnin’ in the sky
Eleven years of chasin’ them hitches
Still come home to that first-night kiss
From Z’s bar to the oil patch
Darlin’
You’re my long-haul
Roughneck wish
[Verse 2]
Sunrise on the lease road
Mud up to my knees
You text a picture
Bare feet on the counter
Sayin’
“Hurry back to me
Please”
I’m runnin’ pipe in a snowstorm
You’re foldin’ shirts on the line
I count days
You count paychecks
But our hearts keep countin’ time
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[low vocal register]
Four a.m. on a night shift
Wind howlin’ through the iron and steel
I close my eyes
I’m back at Z’s
You’re dancin’ like this whole town’s ours to steal
[half-time stomp
Crowd clap]
From barstools to blowouts
From love songs to loud rigs roar
Every hitch I chase out here
I’m just chasin’ my way back to your door
[Chorus]