Drowning in the Lights

**[Intro]**

*(low, gritty guitar riff with whiskey-soaked slide)*

**[Verse 1]**

I been drivin’ all night down a one-lane blacktop

Neon memories burnin’ in my rearview

Knoxville city limits faded forty miles ago

Still chasin’ that high I only get from you

**[Pre-Chorus]**

Lord, I’m runnin’ on diesel and regret

Every mile marker’s screamin’ your name

I swore I’d quit you, baby, but I ain’t quit yet

**[Chorus]**

These blinding lights, they’re callin’ me home

Through the smoke and the whiskey, I’m never alone

I can’t feel my heart, but I feel this pain

Turn me loose or love me, girl, just don’t turn away

I’m lost in these blinding lights again

**[Verse 2]**

Your red dress still haunts every honky-tonk stage

That slow smile could stop a freight train cold

I gave you my name, you gave me this rage

Now I’m tradin’ my soul for a backroad of gold

**[Pre-Chorus]**

I hear your ghost in the jukebox cry

Steel guitar weepin’ like I do at night

Yeah, I’m too damn proud to swallow my pride

**[Chorus]**

These blinding lights, they’re callin’ me home

Through the smoke and the whiskey, I’m never alone

I can’t feel my heart, but I feel this pain

Turn me loose or love me, girl, just don’t turn away

I’m lost in these blinding lights again

**[Bridge]**

I’d trade every trophy, every sold-out crowd

For one more slow dance on your mama’s porch

I’m a king out here, baby, but I’m beggin’ out loud

**[Final Chorus]**

These blinding lights, they’re burnin’ me down

Every barroom in Tennessee knows I’m losin’ this round

I still taste your kiss in this cheap bourbon sting

Come save me or damn me, just do anything

I’m drownin’ in these blinding lights again

Yeah I’m drownin’ in these blinding lights again

**[Outro]**

Blinding lights…

Lord, these blinding lights…

Take me home.