Verse
Last box packed in the truck bed tight
Porch light humming a tired goodnight
Your jacket's still on the tailgate rail
Two sodas sweating, both gone stale
You trace the dust on my back windshield
Write "see you soon" so the words won't heal
Cicadas singing that same slow tune
Like they already know I'm leaving too soon
Pre-Chorus
So what do we do with a sky full of maybes
And a gravel road that just fades and fades
Do we hold on tighter or let it go
Say the word and I'll stay, I don't know
Chorus
Meet me at the tailgate, under the one streetlight
Where the crickets keep on playing like they know we'll be alright
Bring the radio and both our beat-up hearts
Cause an ending's just a doorway to a brand new start
Meet me at the tailgate, I'll be counting down the miles
Every mile's a promise wrapped in bittersweet smiles
Verse
Three months gone, city rain on my sleeve
Your voice on the phone says don't you believe
That distance is just a river we cross
Not a wall, not a door, not a permanent loss
I kept your jacket folded in my seat
Smells like summer, smells like the street
Where we stood counting stars, running out of time
Now I'm counting exits, counting the sign
Pre-Chorus
So what do we do with a sky full of maybes
And a highway that stretches past all my fears
Do I keep on driving or turn around
Cause your name's the only sound
Chorus
Meet me at the tailgate, under the one streetlight
Where the crickets keep on playing like they know we'll be alright
Bring the radio and both our beat-up hearts
Cause an ending's just a doorway to a brand new start
Meet me at the tailgate, I'll be counting down the miles
Every mile's a promise wrapped in bittersweet smiles
Bridge
Maybe home's not a house or a street
It's the space where two headlights meet
Maybe leaving don't mean that we're through
Just means I'm driving straight back to you
Chorus
Meet me at the tailgate, under the one streetlight
Where the crickets are still playing cause we made it through the night
Bring the radio, we healed our beat-up hearts
That ending was a doorway, and look how far we've come, we're not apart
Meet me at the tailgate, I drove through all those miles
Every mile was a promise, now I'm home, now I'm smiling
Outro
Meet me at the tailgate
I'm already home
