Bonfire Breakup Blues

[Verse 1]
Truck tailgate down
Cooler by my boots
Smoke in my flannel
Ashes on your roots
You said you needed
“Just a little space”
Kicked one last log
Back into place
[Chorus]
I got these bonfire breakup blues
Watchin’ our last spark fade to black with you
Empty folding chair
Where you used to move in close
Yeah, this flame is dying too
I got these bonfire breakup blues
[Verse 2]
Your red cup half-full
Sittin’ in the sand
Your name in the dirt
Scuffed out by my hand
I still hear your laughter
In the crack and pop
Like every glowing ember
Knows just where to stop
[Chorus]
I got these bonfire breakup blues
Watchin’ our last spark fade to black with you
Empty folding chair
Where you used to move in close
Yeah, this flame is dying too
I got these bonfire breakup blues
[Bridge]
[Band drops softer, vocal almost spoken]
Stars overhead
Don’t feel like much
When my sweatshirt
Lost your touch
If this is how
A good thing ends
Just me, this fire
And smoke for friends
[Chorus]
I got these bonfire breakup blues
Watchin’ our last spark fade to black with you
Empty folding chair
Where you used to move in close
Yeah, this flame is dying too
I’m just sittin’ here
Soaked in smoke and old excuses
Burnin’ up what’s left of you
With these bonfire breakup blues

country, Sad, modern country ballad with male vocals; gentle picked acoustic and brushed snare under the verses, warm pedal steel and low fiddle swells in the chorus, subtle organ pad for depth. Tempo mid-slow with room for drawl; vocal up-front and intimate, chorus lifts with stacked harmonies on the title line and a slightly rough, late-night delivery., sad, male vocals, blues