Dust on the Dashboard

(Verse 1)

I got sixteen years on these cracked leather seats

Radio’s stuck on the same old AM beat

Your goodbye letter’s still folded in the glovebox

Yellow around the edges like a cheap cigarette box

(Pre-Chorus)

Every mile marker knows your name by heart

Every pothole still tears my world apart

(Chorus)

There’s dust on the dashboard where your hand used to lay

Sunset’s burnin’ orange, but the light’s gone gray

I keep one boot on the gas, one boot on the brake

Tryna outrun the memory of the love I can’t shake

Yeah, there’s dust on the dashboard…

But it still smells like you

(Verse 2)

Passed the turn-off to your mama’s place last night

Slowed down to thirty, killed the high beams’ light

Saw the porch swing moving in the evening breeze

Empty as the promises you swore on both your knees

(Pre-Chorus)

The rearview mirror’s just a liar with a grin

Shows a man still losin’ what he’ll never win

(Chorus)

There’s dust on the dashboard where your hand used to lay

Sunset’s burnin’ orange, but the light’s gone gray

I keep one boot on the gas, one boot on the brake

Tryna outrun the memory of the love I can’t shake

Yeah, there’s dust on the dashboard…

But it still smells like you

(Bridge)

Maybe one day I’ll wash this old Ford down

Scrub away the fingerprints, let the red clay drown

But tonight I’m just drivin’, chasin’ taillights and stars

Wonderin’ if leavin’ you was the hardest thing by far

(Last Chorus – softer)

There’s dust on the dashboard, and I ain’t in a rush

To wipe away the last place I still feel your touch

One boot on the gas, one boot on the brake

Guess I’m learnin’ how to live with the heartache

Yeah, there’s dust on the dashboard…

And I’m okay with that today