Step Back

Verse 1

Bluegrass girl

Met a man from the hills of Tennessee

Fast

Wildfire love

Christian County dirt under my small feet

Pembroke

Small town sunrise

Gravel crunching under heavy tires now

Parked

Silent engine

Looking out where the gray water lies

Waiting

Chorus

Take a step back

I remember it all

I remember it all

Walking through the dust

Watching shadows crawl

Oh I remember it all

Take a step back

Take a step back

Verse 2

Cane poles

Muddy river banks with my grandpa

Old man

Laughing low

Cousins splashing in the cold creek bed

Shouting

Soaking wet

Midnight lake and a girl with no clothes

Cold skin

Sweet heat

Backyard dirt and my grandma's green beans

Pulling weeds

Hard soil

Chorus

Take a step back

I remember it all

I remember it all

Walking through the dust

Watching shadows crawl

Oh I remember it all

Take a step back

Take a step back

Post-Chorus

Way back then

Way back then

Back to the farm

Back to the farm

Verse 3

Hardcore

Father had those thick callous hands

Hard work

Grown man sweat

Mother kept a heart made of pure gold

Soft soul

Warm kitchen

Gathering eggs while the morning was gray

Working

Fields of green

I was just a boy doing a man's job

Long days

Empty pockets

Bridge

The air feels heavy

The air feels still

Looking for the ghosts

On the edge of the hill

I see the house

I see the barn

I see the lines

On my own open palm

Chorus

Take a step back

I remember it all

I remember it all

Walking through the dust

Watching shadows crawl

Oh I remember it all

Take a step back

Take a step back

Post-Chorus

Way back then

Way back then

Back to the farm

Back to the farm

Outro

Pembroke wind

Christian County clay

It all stays

It all stays

Take a step back

Just a step back