The Buckhorn Line

Verse 1

Grey bus pulled into Missouri

Ticket said Iowa but the road went wrong

Ten long years in a stone cell

Now you’re standing where you don’t belong

Clocking hours at the Buckhorn line

Shifting plastic crates in the heat

We locked eyes by the breakroom

Making a rhythm out of every beat

Pre-Chorus

State line called you back home

Left me standing in the driveway

Packing bags for a new life

Searching for a better way

Chorus

Following you was the best thing I ever did

Betting it all on a boy and a kid

They said stay but I had to go

Watching our love and the river flow

Best thing I ever did

Yeah I followed you and the boy took your name

Now nothing feels the same

Verse 2

Ten years gone like a summer wind

Leather seat on the Harley is where I stay

Wrapped tight around your waist now

Watching the corn fields turn to grey

You call me Monkey and I smile wide

Two jet skis down at the lake shore

Racing ripples in the afternoon sun

Couldn't ask for a single thing more

Pre-Chorus

Life built out of moving parts

Sorted through the static and rain

Found a heart that felt like home

Wash away every bit of pain

Chorus

Following you was the best thing I ever did

Betting it all on a boy and a kid

They said stay but I had to go

Watching our love and the river flow

Best thing I ever did

Yeah I followed you and the boy took your name

Now nothing feels the same

Bridge

He sees you as his real dad

Proudly wearing that last name

You took us in

You held us close

No more distance

No more lonely nights

Chorus

Following you was the best thing I ever did

Betting it all on a boy and a kid

They said stay but I had to go

Watching our love and the river flow

Best thing I ever did

Yeah I followed you and the boy took your name

Now nothing feels the same

No nothing feels the same