Miss You Every Night

Intro: Clean Electric Guitar, Subtle Amp Hum

Yeah...

Another long night in this damn town.

Same old roads, same old ghosts.

Verse 1: Raspy Male Vocals, Restrained Delivery

There's a half-full bottle on the passenger side

And a whole lotta things that I never got right

Your old blue sweatshirt's still under my seat

Smells like your perfume and the smoke on my jeans

There's a backroad turn where we'd pull off and talk

Now I drive right past it with my foot on the gas

Funny how a place can feel like a home

Till the one that you love makes you sleep there alone

Pre-Chorus: Drums Build, Guitars Grow Louder

And I swear I tried to let you go

But there's some things a man just can't control

Chorus: Full Band, Loud Electric Guitars

I've got dust on the dash and your name in my head

A cold beer sweatin' by an empty-ass bed

I'm burnin' these miles like they'll bury the pain

But every damn highway just brings me back again

Yeah, I'm too damn proud to admit that I'm broke

So I laugh with the boys and I drown it in smoke

If loving you was a road I was never meant to drive

Then why the hell do I miss you every night?

Verse 2: Gritty Vocals, Driving Bass and Drums

My buddies say I'm better, say I'm back on my feet

But they don't see me staring at your side of the sheets

I still check my phone when the headlights go by

Like some part of me thinks you'll come back tonight

There's a jukebox playing that song we both knew

And a stranger at the bar wearing perfume like you

I damn near said your name, had to swallow it down

Some memories get louder when there's nobody around

Pre-Chorus: Rising Guitar and Drums

And I swear I tried to let you go

But this old heart ain't as tough as I show

Chorus: Full Band, Powerful Raspy Vocals

I've got dust on the dash and your name in my head

A cold beer sweatin' by an empty-ass bed

I'm burnin' these miles like they'll bury the pain

But every damn highway just brings me back again

Yeah, I'm too damn proud to admit that I'm broke

So I laugh with the boys and I drown it in smoke

If loving you was a road I was never meant to drive

Then why the hell do I miss you every night?

Bridge: Half-Time Drums, Distorted Guitar

Maybe someday I'll quit taking the long way home

Maybe someday this house won't feel so damn cold

Maybe your memory will finally leave me alone

But tonight I'm still driving these backroads alone

Instrumental Break: Southern Rock Guitar Solo

Final Chorus: Explosive Full Band, Raw Vocals

I've got dust on the dash and your name in my head

Still hearing your voice in the words that you said

I'm burnin' these miles, but the hurt doesn't change

Every mile marker still remembers your name

And I'm too damn proud, but I'm tired of the show

There's a hole in my chest that nobody knows

If loving you was a road I was never meant to drive

Why the hell do I miss you every night?

Outro: Guitar Rings Out, Vocals Nearly Spoken

Yeah...

Dust on the dash.

Your name in my head.

Still driving these roads...

Like you'll come back again.