Lyrics

Don't Break What's Left

We're burnin' blacktop, smoking tires to dust
Every fight a fistful of whiskey and mistrust
No use talking, words just fan the flame
We gotta hit the road or go insane

Gotta stop now or say things we can't unsay
Don't break what's left, pack old memories away

Your shoes by the door, my boots on the porch
Point our way out from such too little space
We ain't built to settle, ain't meant to stay
It's best we get out of our own lost way.

Slam the door when leaving, slam the talking too
Pointless thunder and lightning, we’re cracked dry
No rain no flow, it’s all desert dry
It's best we go now, best get out of our way

Pointless thunder and lightning, too little rain
Love dries up and shudders, cracking the team

No judge no jury just road and the wind
No blame no guilt, just spinning tires
We parked here together, our team’s great start
But it’s now best if we both get away

We ain't meant to stay, we gotta get clear
Our road was straight, but now steers apart
Let’s hit the road and don’t look back at the bad
It's best right now if we both get away

Gotta go now or say things we can't unsay
Don't break what's left, we can stay old friends,
Friends who can still see the parts that were good,
If we’re looking from out of each other’s sight.

Dancing on tightropes, one step from the fall
Each word word wrapped in warning, gritty dry heat
Each word a grenade blowing it all away
Now drive and don’t stop, and don’t look back at the bad.