Verse
Gravel road, my boots kick dust up
Radio's loud in a rusted-out truck
Sun's going down like it's got somewhere to be
But we ain't leaving, no not easy
Cooler's cold, got peaches in a jar
Somebody's cousin brought a beat-up guitar
Porch lights and lightning bugs start to glow
Twenty miles from anywhere I know
Pre-Chorus
So what do you say
We burn up this evening
Ain't no clock on the wall
Just you, me, and the reason
Chorus
We're tailgate kind of trouble tonight
Dancing barefoot in the headlight light
Gravel dust and a Carolina moon
Kick the doors down, turn the whole sky loose
Free as the wind through an open door
Ain't looking for nothing but a little more
This here's tailgate kind of trouble tonight
Verse
Somebody's grandpa's stereo speakers
Blast a song that we all know the words to
Paper plates and a bonfire crackle
Cousin Wade's betting he can out-two-step you
Fireflies climbing up through the trees
Sweet tea sweating on a tailgate breeze
Every star's out clapping right along
Nothing left to do but sing this song
Pre-Chorus
So what do you say
We burn up this evening
Ain't no clock on the wall
Just you, me, and the reason
Chorus
We're tailgate kind of trouble tonight
Dancing barefoot in the headlight light
Gravel dust and a Carolina moon
Kick the doors down, turn the whole sky loose
Free as the wind through an open door
Ain't looking for nothing but a little more
This here's tailgate kind of trouble tonight
Bridge
Someday we'll be old and gray
Telling stories 'bout a night in May
But right now the truck bed's still warm
And this whole town don't know what hit it, y'all
Let it echo, let it ring
Every stomp and clap, this crazy thing
Chorus
We're tailgate kind of trouble tonight
Dancing barefoot in the headlight light
Gravel dust and a Carolina moon
Kick the doors down, turn the whole sky loose
Free as the wind through an open door
Ain't looking for nothing but a little more
This here's tailgate kind of trouble tonight
Outro
Tailgate trouble, one more round
Kick up your boots, don't sit us down
This here's tailgate kind of trouble tonight
