

Prompt / Lyrics
[Verse 1] Coffee gone cold on the dash Half-cracked photo in the shade of the glass Name on the license Worn halfway white Face in the mirror No one’s right behind Yellow lines blur Years disappear Mile after mile You just kept it in gear Nothing but talk on a tired CB Nobody saying your name when you leave [Chorus] Ten-four Good buddy This is the last call sign You gave up your whole life To fade into the white line Under a buzzing sky In a nameless town You lay your head where the engine drowns you out Unheard and unseen when the breathing’s gone Ten-four Good buddy Ten-four and gone [Verse 2] Logbook pages like a stack of old prayers Folded and creased Drifting somewhere You missed first steps Empty chairs at games But the freight got there They never knew your name Rest stop wreath on a plastic chair Wind tugs the ribbon like it knows you were there One small stone where the grass grows thin Just dates and a number No story within [Chorus] Ten-four Good buddy This is the last call sign You gave up your whole life To fade into the white line Under a buzzing sky In a nameless town You lay your head where the engine drowns you out Unheard and unseen when the breathing’s gone Ten-four Good buddy Ten-four and gone [Bridge] You weren’t a legend You weren’t a song Just a tired hand Keeping wheels moving on If anyone’s listening Out past the storm Let this lonely channel Carry you home [Chorus] Ten-four Good buddy This is the last call sign You gave up your whole life For a payroll and a deadline Under a buzzing sky In a nameless town You lay your head where the engine drowns you out Underappreciated Then you’re just… gone Ten-four Good buddy Ten-four and gone
Tags
Sparse piano ballad with female vocals, intimate and close-mic’d. Low, distant pedal steel swells like a slow highway. Verses stay hushed and conversational; chorus opens with aching sustained notes and soft harmonies. Subtle choir pad blooms in the last chorus, then everything falls back to a single voice and piano on the final line, leaving a long, ringing tail.
3:56
No
2/26/2026