Peach Jam and Pink Skies

[Intro]
[Verse]
Ten years on this asphalt line
Checking clocks and making time
You always had my corner booth
Pouring out the bitter truth
Your apron tied in a faded knot
Best friend that I ever got
[Verse]
I watched your hair turn silver-grey
While the seasons slipped away
You never asked where I was bound
Just kept my boots upon the ground
The diesel’s humming a lonely tune
Underneath a dying moon
[Pre-Chorus]
I didn't want to say the word
The saddest sound I ever heard
So I let the silence do the work
Where the shadows always lurk
[Chorus]
Left a jar of peach jam on the ledge
Right there on the window edge
A yellow note on a paper square
To say I’m finally getting there
The sky is turning a dusty rose
That’s just how the story goes
[Post-Chorus]
Just how the story goes
Where the wild wind blows
In the G-minor glow
[Verse]
The counter’s worn from elbows resting
Life is just a constant testing
You’d slide a slice of cherry pie
With a twinkle in your tired eye
I know every crack in that floor
But I’m walking out the heavy door
[Pre-Chorus]
I left the tip in a folded stack
Knowing that I won’t be back
It’s a quiet kind of long goodbye
Underneath a Texas sky
[Chorus]
Left a jar of peach jam on the ledge
Right there on the window edge
A yellow note on a paper square
To say I’m finally getting there
The sky is turning a dusty rose
That’s just how the story goes
[Bridge]
Maybe in another life
I’d have asked you to be my wife
But the road is a jealous queen
The hardest mile I've ever seen
So keep the sweetness in the jar
Think of me when you see a star
[Solo]
[Verse]
The air is cold in the parking lot
Giving everything I got
I shifted gears and let it roll
Heavy heart and a weary soul
The sunrise paints the white lines pink
Too much time to sit and think
[Chorus]
Left a jar of peach jam on the ledge
Right there on the window edge
A yellow note on a paper square
To say I’m finally getting there
The sky is turning a dusty rose
That’s just how the story goes
[Hook]
Sweet peach jam
Gone like a lamb
Highway man
Doing what I can
[Outro]