Gravel In My Voice

[Intro]

[lonely slide guitar swells in

Distant room sound]

Night’s so quiet

I can hear my name crawl

Across the gravel

And the church bell wall

[Chorus]

Got this gravel in my voice

Dust in my veins

Every word I ever said

Been washed in rain

If loving you was a choice

I’d choose the pain again

Got this gravel in my voice

And your ghost in my grin (oh yeah)

[Verse 1]

Boot prints fading

Down that red clay road

Coffee’s gone cold

On the same old stove

Your chair still creaks

When the screen door moves

Like it’s asking me softly

“Boy

What did you lose?”

[Chorus]

Got this gravel in my voice

Dust in my veins

Every word I ever said

Been washed in rain

If loving you was a choice

I’d choose the pain again

Got this gravel in my voice

And your ghost in my grin

[Bridge]

You took the car

Left the records and the frame

I kept the hurt

You kept my last name

Neighbors say

“Son

Let her go”

But the mud on my boots

Keeps spelling you slow (you, you)

[Chorus]

Got this gravel in my voice

Dust in my veins

Every word I ever said

Been washed in rain

If loving you was a choice

I’d choose the pain again

Got this gravel in my voice

And your ghost in my grin

Got this gravel in my voice

Sing you back again (oh, sing you back again)