Screen Door Song

[Intro]
[Verse]
Twelve years of iron and grease
Left my soul without much peace
Trading red dirt for the black gold
Feeling every year of getting old
Now the highway ends where I began
Just a tired and dusty man
[Pre-Chorus]
The air smells like rain on the dry ground
Silence is the only lonesome sound
Until I see that neon sign flickering blue
Leading me straight back to you
[Chorus]
And that screen door creaks like a song I know
In the warm copper light of the mesquite glow
You’re behind the counter pouring sweet tea
Looking like the better half of me
No more running, no more miles to go
Just a slow steady burn in the afterglow
[Post-Chorus]
Slow and steady
Yeah, I’m finally ready
[Verse]
The bell chimed when I stepped inside
Nowhere left for a ghost to hide
You didn’t blink, you just wore a grin
Like you knew exactly where I’d been
“Coffee’s hot,” was all you had to say
Washing twelve long years away
[Pre-Chorus]
The salt shaker’s in the same old spot
Everything I missed, everything I got
I see the light dancing in your eyes
Underneath these heavy Texas skies
[Chorus]
And that screen door creaks like a song I know
In the warm copper light of the mesquite glow
You’re behind the counter pouring sweet tea
Looking like the better half of me
No more running, no more miles to go
Just a slow steady burn in the afterglow
[Bridge]
I chased a dollar through a desert haze
Lost my rhythm in the drilling days
But the harmonica is humming low
Telling me it’s time to let it go
We’ll take the mornings one by one
Working till the day is done
[Verse]
I’ll fix that gate by the northern line
If you’ll say that you’re still mine
The oil rigs are a fading dream
Like a pebble in a shallow stream
Regrets are heavy but the heart is light
Sleeping in a house that feels just right
Watching sunsets turn to silver stars
Softly healing all these jagged scars
[Chorus]
And that screen door creaks like a song I know
In the warm copper light of the mesquite glow
You’re behind the counter pouring sweet tea
Looking like the better half of me
No more running, no more miles to go
Just a slow steady burn in the afterglow
[Post-Chorus]
Slow and steady
Yeah, I’m finally ready
To watch the dust settle down
In this sleepy little town
[Outro]