Ohio Gold

[Intro]
[Verse]
Left the neon for the cornrows
Traded city heels for work toes
Twenty-eight and starting over
Back among the red-top clover
Nashville was a neon blur
Marketing a girl I never were
I-71 brought me home tonight
Back into the soft porch light
[Pre-Chorus]
Turned the key in the gravel drive
Never felt so much alive
The pedal steel begins to play
As the city smoke just fades away
[Chorus]
In this G-major morning light
Everything is fitting right
Barn cat kittens in the hay
Watching all the shadows play
Friday night and cherry pie
Underneath an Ohio sky
He’s still got that crooked smile
Makes me want to stay a while
[Post-Chorus]
It’s Ohio gold
Stories being retold
Yeah, it's Ohio gold
[Verse]
Stethoscope and heavy boots
Deepening these Buckeye roots
Saw him by the tractor shed
Remembered every word he said
He’s a farm hand with a steady hand
Strongest man in all the land
We spent the summer fixing gates
Cleaning out the dinner plates
[Pre-Chorus]
Dusty dash and a radio song
Knowing where I truly belong
The fiddle finds a lonesome note
Wrapped inside my denim coat
[Chorus]
In this G-major morning light
Everything is fitting right
Barn cat kittens in the hay
Watching all the shadows play
Friday night and cherry pie
Underneath an Ohio sky
He’s still got that crooked smile
Makes me want to stay a while
[Bridge]
I thought I needed big-time fame
To finally justify my name
But mercy’s in the morning dew
And finding my way back to you
It’s not a failure, it’s a find
Leaving all that stress behind
[Hook]
Sun-warmed bales and second chances
Slow songs and the kitchen dances
Sun-warmed bales and second chances
[Chorus]
In this G-major morning light
Everything is fitting right
Barn cat kittens in the hay
Watching all the shadows play
Friday night and cherry pie
Underneath an Ohio sky
He’s still got that crooked smile
Makes me want to stay a while
[Post-Chorus]
It’s Ohio gold
Stories being retold
Yeah, it's Ohio gold
[Outro]