The Old Bench Seat

[Intro]
[Verse]
Dusty keys in the palm of my hand
Grandma’s old Chevy, still smells like the land
Cardboard boxes on the faded bench seat
Driving down that narrow gravel street
The gear shift hums a familiar tune
Underneath a pale afternoon
I’m packing up the life I knew
Heading where the sky stays blue
[Pre-Chorus]
I can hear her voice in the wind
Telling me where the brave begin
The stories she told are the map I hold
Turning every silver memory to gold
[Chorus]
Underneath the twinkling fairground lights
Chasing down those quiet neon nights
Cotton candy sweet and the sun on my skin
Finding where the melody begins
Yeah, the music’s loud and the air is thin
I’m coming home to who I’ve always been
[Post-Chorus]
Coming home now
To the home-grown sound
Yeah, I’m finally found
[Verse]
The Ferris wheel spins like a lucky coin
Where the fiddle and the dobro join
I see the stage where I stood as a kid
Thinking ‘bout all the things she did
She never needed a spotlight glow
To plant the seeds and watch ‘em grow
Now I’m the girl with the old guitar
Driving Grandma’s lucky star
[Pre-Chorus]
I can hear her voice in the wind
Telling me where the brave begin
The stories she told are the map I hold
Turning every silver memory to gold
[Chorus]
Underneath the twinkling fairground lights
Chasing down those quiet neon nights
Cotton candy sweet and the sun on my skin
Finding where the melody begins
Yeah, the music’s loud and the air is thin
I’m coming home to who I’ve always been
[Bridge]
She said courage isn't always loud
It’s the way you stand in a crowd
It’s the softest dream you dare to keep
When the rest of the world is fast asleep
It’s the engine roar and the open door
Knowing you don’t have to run no more
[Solo]
[Chorus]
Underneath the twinkling fairground lights
Chasing down those quiet neon nights
Cotton candy sweet and the sun on my skin
Finding where the melody begins
Yeah, the music’s loud and the air is thin
I’m coming home to who I’ve always been
[Post-Chorus]
Coming home now
To the home-grown sound
Yeah, I’m finally found
[Outro]