(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
