Rearview Dust

[Verse]
I left home on a Saturday, the sun was sinking low,
With all I owned in a paper bag and heartache in tow.
Mama stood by the front porch swing, tears in her eyes,
But staying there felt like living a thousand little goodbyes.

[Verse 2]
The gravel popped beneath my wheels, the radio sang soft,
I thought about the dreams I had and all that they'd cost.
Passed the water tower's rusty hue and the diner sign unlit,
Felt the ghost of twelve years old and the dreams I used to fit.

[Chorus]
Rearview dust and an open sky,
Good Lord knows I had to try.
This small-town heart, it burned too bright,
For a life that’s only black and white.

[Verse 3]
I saw the high school football field fade in the mirror’s glass,
The echoes of a hometown crowd cheering on the past.
I swear I heard old Garth or Hank humming on the breeze,
But I had to let those memories go if I was gonna leave.

[Verse 4]
The lights of Nashville called my name, a promise and a dare,
To leave behind the love I knew for dreams that lived out there.
Now every mile feels bittersweet, a whisper and a wound,
Of a girl who knew her roots too well to not chase the moon.

[Chorus]
Rearview dust and an open sky,
Good Lord knows I had to try.
This small-town heart, it burned too bright,
For a life that’s only black and white.

acoustic, melodic, country