Bending melody

Hanging all alone

Aching note at the end

Dust on my boots and the gravel is cold

I'm standing out here 'til my coffee gets old

Same faded jacket

Same soot on my face

Same rusted fence line

Same cracked little case

I'm still by the roadside

Guitar in my hand

Hoping you'll find me

Know who I am

Every car passing

I look up and stare

Prayin' the next one

Will stop and you're there

I hummed you that lullaby under my breath

The one that you mocked in your teenage unrest

Your name on the wind sounds so quiet and thin

Like it's almost afraid to come my way

And I'm still by the roadside

Guitar in my hand

Hoping you'll find me

Know who I am

Every car passing

I look up and stare

Prayin' the next one

Will stop and you're there

I painted your birthday on this old mile sign

12 before you'd outgrow this old spine

And if anger was gasoline

I poured you a sea

Now I drink every drop

Just to set you both free oh

Tail lights and headlights keep smearing the dust

My fingers grow stiff but I still place my trust

I strung through the years that I never got right

Each chord is an apology thrown at the night

I'm still by the roadside

Guitar in my hand

Hoping you'll find me

Know who I am

If you roll this window down

I'll stay 'til it rains

I'll stand here forever

To say your name

Still by the roadside

'Til morning is through

This old man is waiting

Still waiting for you