Seventy-Two West

[Intro]
[Verse]
Dust on the screen door
Boxes on the wood floor
Grandma’s porch is quiet now
I’m clearing out the space somehow
Heat is rising off the street
Barefoot with my tired feet
[Pre-Chorus]
Beneath a stack of yellow lace
I found a piece of another place
A leather book from seventy-two
With ink that’s turned a shade of blue
[Chorus]
So I’m quitting the nine-to-five
To feel like I’m actually alive
Driving west where the sun goes down
Leaving this tired city town
Following her paper trail
Letting out a joyful wail
Just me and the wind today
Chasing what she threw away
[Post-Chorus]
Oh, seventy-two west
Putting my heart to the test
Yeah, seventy-two west
[Verse]
My boss won’t miss my tired face
My desk was just a hollow space
But on page ten there’s a canyon view
That Grandma swore was gold and new
I packed my bags in the morning light
To find the stars she saw that night
[Pre-Chorus]
I smell the diesel and the pine
Crossing over the county line
That 1972 road map
Is sitting open on my lap
[Chorus]
So I’m quitting the nine-to-five
To feel like I’m actually alive
Driving west where the sun goes down
Leaving this tired city town
Following her paper trail
Letting out a joyful wail
Just me and the wind today
Chasing what she threw away
[Bridge]
She was twenty-eight and wild
A restless spirit’s favorite child
Now I’m holding her old keys
Catching her Southern summer breeze
It’s bittersweet to say goodbye
But I see her in the open sky
[Solo]
[Chorus]
So I’m quitting the nine-to-five
To feel like I’m actually alive
Driving west where the sun goes down
Leaving this tired city town
Following her paper trail
Letting out a joyful wail
Just me and the wind today
Chasing what she threw away
[Hook]
Westward bound and feeling free
Just like she wanted me to be
Westward bound and feeling free
Her legacy is calling me
[Outro]