[Intro]
      

[Verse 1]
            
 She asked me 

              
where I was fr

 
om
              
I said "Somewh

             
ere you never 

  
been to"
            
Little town ou

             
tside of Knoxv

ille
        
Hidden by some

 dogwood trees
              
She tried talk

             
in' with my ac

   
cent
             
We held hands 

            
and waded into
         
That blue wate

r
              
She left her f

             
lip-flops by m

             
y Red Wings on

     
 the beach


[Chorus]
             
Yeah but, now 

              
I'm dodging po

              
tholes in my s

       
unburnt Silver

ado
             
Like a heart-b

             
roke Desperado

            
, headin' righ

t back to my r

oots
             
Somethin' 'bou

              
t the way she 

              
kissed mе tell

             
s me she'd lov

             
е Eastern Tenn

essee
             
Yeah, but all 

              
I brought back

             
 with me was s

             
ome sand in my

  
 boots


[Verse 2]
             
I said "Let's 

             
go shoot tequi

la"
             
So we walked b

              
ack to that be


ach bar
            
She said "Don'

              
t cowboys drin

    
k whiskey?"
    
So we drank bo

ttom shelf
             
She said "Damn

              
, that sky loo

   
ks perfect"
             
I said "Girl, 

              
you've never s

            
een stars like

      
 the ones back

 home"
             
And she said "

              
Maybe I should

             
, see 'em for 

   
myself"


[Chorus]
             
Yeah, but now 

              
I'm dodging po

              
tholes in my s

             
unburnt Silver


ado
             
Like a heart-b

             
roke Desperado

          
, headin' righ

t back to my r

oots
             
Somethin' 'bou

              
t the way she 

              
kissed me tell

             
s me she'd lov

          
e Eastern Tenn

essee
             
Yeah, but all 

              
I brought back

             
 with me was s

             
ome sand in my

 
 boots


[Break]

     


[Bridge]
             
I said meet me

        
 in the mornin

'
             
And she told m

         
e I was crazy
           
Yeah, but I st

              
ill thought th

             
at maybe she'd

      
 show up


[Chorus]
             
Oh, but now I'

              
m dodging poth

             
oles in my sun

      
burnt Silverad

o
             
Like a heart-b

             
roke Desperado

           
, headin' righ

t back to my r

oots
             
Somethin' 'bou

              
t the way she 

              
kissed me tell

             
s me she'd lov

            
e Eastern Tenn

essee
             
Yeah, but all 

              
I brought back

             
 with me was s

             
ome sand in my

      
 boots
            
Yeah, but all 

             
I brought back

             
 with me was s

    
ome sand in my

 boots


[Outro]