River Road to Everywhere

[Intro]

Dust on my shoes

Ticket in my hand

Sun on the tracks

Heart on remand

[Verse 1]

Left my name on a napkin

Coffee ring hiding half of it

You said

"Call when you're certain"

I said

"I'm never sure of it"

Suitcase rattling empty

Just a shirt and a crooked prayer

Every mile that I’m moving

Feels like I’m still right there

[Chorus]

But this old river road

Turns into everywhere

Every broken town

Leads me back to your stare

I keep walking

Keep falling

Through the same old air

I keep walking

Keep falling

Through the same old air

This old river road

Turns into everywhere

[Verse 2]

Neon over the diner

Forks scrape

Someone laughs too loud

I stare into the window

Try to pick my face from the crowd

Paid my tab with a promise

Try to pick my face from the crowd

Paid my tab with a promise

Bartender just shook his head

"Boy

You can’t buy redemption

On a line of borrowed bread"

[Chorus]

But this old river road

Turns into everywhere

Every broken town

Leads me back to your stare

I keep walking

Keep falling

Through the same old air

This old river road

Turns into everywhere

[Bridge]

If I turn back now

Will the river run straight?

If I lay it all down

Is it already late?

If I turn back now

Will the river run straight?

If I lay it all down

Is it already late?

I’ve been trading your touch for the weight of my pride

Now I’m standing out here

With my thumb to the sky (oh)

[Chorus]

’Cause this old river road

Turns into everywhere

Every broken town

Leads me back to your stare

I keep walking

Keep calling

Like a lost man’s prayer

This old river road

Turns into everywhere

This old river road

Turns into everywhere