Back Nine

Sunburn on the tailgate

Dust on my boots

I drove past your house slow

Like I still had a reason to choose

Your name in my cup holder

Your ring in my mind

I kept score of the damage

One mile at a time

Now the radio’s crying

And I don’t even flinch

I learned how to smile

Right on the edge of the cliff

Still one thing hurts more

Than the rest of the fight

On the back nine of a broken heart (yeah)

I’m still chasing your shadow in the dark

It gets rough, but I know where you are

I’m still playing through the scars

On the back nine of a broken heart (yeah)

Beer can on the porch rail

Rain on the hood

I tried to build a new life

But it never got good

Your boots by the doorway

Your laugh in the hall

Every little good thing

Still trips when I fall

Now the night feels wider

And the fence line bends

I keep telling my pride

This is where the ending ends

But that old hurt circles

Like it’s circling back

On the back nine of a broken heart (yeah)

I’m still chasing your shadow in the dark

It gets rough, but I know where you are

I’m still playing through the scars

On the back nine of a broken heart (yeah)

If I miss that green again

Let me miss it clean

Let the whole world see

What you did to me

I’m not done, I’m not done

I’m not out yet

I still swing at the moon

With a busted silhouette

On the back nine of a broken heart (yeah)

I’m still chasing your shadow in the dark

It gets rough, but I know where you are

I’m still playing through the scars

On the back nine of a broken heart (yeah)