The Boy Back Home Lyrics

It's been four years since I've seen you

But here I' am again

While every song I wrote you still plays inside my head

Part of me was hoping, you'd be coming back

So we can put this in the rearview and pick up where we left

Til I crashed my truck in Memphis

Made it all the way to Texas

With smoke leaking from the engine

Then it quit

Right outside the Frisco exit

That's exactly where I left it

Never made it back out West

So I wrote this song instead

You grew up, I grew afraid

I cut my hair, you changed your name

I hope you got that diamond ring

I used to say I'd get for you

You fell in love and moved away

While I fell apart watching you leave

No matter where you go or what you do

There's a boy back home singing songs about you

Everything that I regret, all the words I can't take back

Now all just play in my head (over and over again)

Straightened up, went back to school

Became all the things you'd want me to

Finally left the West

And said I'm never coming back

Til I crashed my truck in Memphis

Made it all the way to Texas

With smoke leaking from the engine

Then it quit

Right outside the Frisco exit

That's exactly where I left it

Never made it back out West

So I wrote this song instead

You grew up, I grew afraid

I cut my hair, you changed your name

I hope you got that diamond ring

I used to say I'd get for you

You fell in love and moved away

While I fell apart watching you leave

No matter where you go or what you do

There's a boy back home singing songs about you

I hope you found what you were looking for

In every single way

I've been alright with you

But it's just not the same

I knew that I was wrong

I just couldn't find the nerve

To tell the girl I loved I'm just not what she deserves

(You deserve much better than me)

I crashed my truck in Memphis

Made it all the way to Texas

Before I learned to accept that

You were never coming back

You grew up, I grew afraid

I cut my hair, you changed your name

I hope you got that diamond ring

I used to say I'd get for you

You fell in love and moved away

While I fell apart watching you leave

No matter where you go or what you do

There's a boy back home singing songs about you

I know you're never coming back

I can't help but be happy for you