Gold on the Diner Wall

[Intro]
[Verse]
Stacking bags of winter wheat
Dusty boots and tired feet
Counter top is worn and thin
Where the neighbors all come in
Forty-two feels like a climb
Trading sweat for nickels and time
Checking off the supply list
Counting all the things I missed
[Pre-Chorus]
Reach inside my denim vest
Put my heavy heart to rest
Feel that paper, thin and old
Worth much more than city gold
Blue ink faded on the line
From a year that felt like mine
[Chorus]
She’s hanging on the diner wall
I’m the one who took the call
To stay behind and mend the gate
While she went off to challenge fate
Nashville lights or gravel tracks
Never once did I look back
It’s a quiet kind of grace
Living in this dusty place
[Post-Chorus]
Yeah, I'm doing just fine
Walking on this county line
[Verse]
Dad was struggling just to breathe
I couldn't pack my bags and leave
She was waiting by the gate
Saying "Hurry, don't be late"
But the tractor needed parts
And we had such different hearts
I told her "Go and find your tune"
Underneath that harvest moon
[Pre-Chorus]
Now the fiddle starts to cry
In the store as folks pass by
I hear her voice on every dial
And I can’t help but start to smile
Remembering how we used to dream
By the bridge and by the stream
[Chorus]
She’s hanging on the diner wall
I’m the one who took the call
To stay behind and mend the gate
While she went off to challenge fate
Nashville lights or gravel tracks
Never once did I look back
It’s a quiet kind of grace
Living in this dusty place
[Bridge]
I don't hold a single grudge
I ain't here to be the judge
Of a life that went another way
On a hot and humid July day
I held my daddy’s shaking hand
And I learned to love this piece of land
There’s a comfort in the chores
Behind these sliding warehouse doors
[Instrumental]
[Verse]
Closing up at half-past five
Glad to be right here, alive
Walk across the street to eat
Take a booth and rest my feet
Look up at that shiny frame
Next to her familiar name
She’s a star across the coast
But I’m the one who stayed the host
[Chorus]
She’s hanging on the diner wall
I’m the one who took the call
To stay behind and mend the gate
While she went off to challenge fate
Nashville lights or gravel tracks
Never once did I look back
It’s a quiet kind of grace
Living in this dusty place
[Post-Chorus]
Yeah, I'm doing just fine
Walking on this county line
Just fine
On this county line
[Outro]