The Gravel Road

Intro

Yeah...

One picture

Takes you back a lifetime

808s and steel strings

Here we go

Verse 1

Dust on the frame and 2012, crooked on the wall

Living room glow falling on a memory I can't call

Eight-by-ten with the edges faded into gray

But every time I look at it I'm back in yesterday

Old flatbed truck and muddy tires, tailgate hanging low

You wore my flannel while the sunset put on its show

Bonfire smoke in your hair and a song left on the radio

God I'd trade it all away just to drive that road

Pre-Chorus

And I know time don't turn around

But every time I see that frame

I'm right back on that gravel road

And I can hear you say my name

Chorus

You're a ghost on the wall staring right back at me

One little picture of the way we used to be

Got the 808 knocking while the steel guitar cries

Running through a lifetime in the blink of an eye

Paint might peel and the photograph fade

But nothing can erase the love that we made

You're a ghost on the wall but you're alive in my heart

One little picture and I'm back at the start

Yeah you're a ghost

A ghost on the wall

Verse 2

I see that night we left with eighty-seven dollars between us

Two bags in the back and a tank of pure tomorrow

You fell asleep at the state line with your head on my shoulder

We didn't own a thing but we thought we had it all covered

Diner downtown and graffiti in the bathroom stall

Leaky-roof apartment with the dancing shades on the wall

No couch and no chairs just a blanket on the floor

But when you looked at me I swore I didn't need more

Pre-Chorus

And I know time don't turn around

But every time I see that frame

I'm right back on that gravel road

And I can hear you say my name

Chorus

You're a ghost on the wall staring right back at me

One little picture of the way we used to be

Got the 808 knocking while the steel guitar cries

Running through a lifetime in the blink of an eye

Paint might peel and the photograph fade

But nothing can erase the love that we made

You're a ghost on the wall but you're alive in my heart

One little picture and I'm back at the start

Yeah you're a ghost

A ghost on the wall

Bridge

They say a picture's worth a thousand words

But they don't know what this one does

Every kiss and every mile and every midnight

Every dream we thought would last forever

It's the kid I was before I learned to lose

Before time went and changed the rules

And if I could step through that glass tonight

I'd go back one more time

Guitar Solo

Final Chorus

You're a ghost on the wall staring right back at me

One little picture of the way we used to be

Got the 808 knocking while the steel guitar cries

Running through a lifetime in the blink of an eye

Paint might peel and the photograph fade

But nothing can erase the love that we made

You're a ghost on the wall but you're alive in my heart

One little picture and I'm back at the start

You're a ghost on the wall

But you're never really gone

You're a ghost on the wall

And I'm still holding on

Outro

Dust on the frame

Light coming through

Eight-by-ten picture

Still looking at you

808s fading

Steel guitar crying

Years keep passing

But this memory ain't dying

Ghost on the wall

Still looking at us