[verse 1]
Right beside you when your heart froze
On the 4th of July
Picking up the pieces
Of my broken Cherry Pie
Fetching water from a wishing well
That's already gone dry
I've got my simple hell
You've got your whiskey and rye
[bridge]
And everybody knows
Everybody knows
We're not hiding nothing
Copperheads and tornadoes
Fires where the wind blows
You had it coming
[chorus]
I'm taking the back roads over to my Mom's tonight
I know if I stay home it'll just be another quiet fight
If the real you decides to show back up
Maybe I'll change my mind...
But until then I've got to go
Got to let the memories rewind
On the back roads
On the back roads
[verse 2]
Scissor tails and Swallows can't seem to cure my mind
The Oak tree still hollow where your red axe lies
I can bleed until I'm dry
Let the venom run clean from this body of mine
Take the apron from my breast and
Kiss the the lines from my face goodbye
[bridge]
Oh and everybody knows
Everybody knows
We're not hiding nothing
Copperheads and tornadoes
Fires where the wind blows
You had it coming
[chorus]
I'm taking the back roads over to my Mom's tonight
I know if I stay home it'll just be another quiet fight
If the real you decides to show back up
Maybe I'll change my mind...
But until then I've got to go
Got to let the memories rewind
On the back roads
On the back roads....
Kissing on toads
Living life on the back roads
I saw your heart when it froze
Now I'm living on the back roads
Kissing on toads
Living life on the back roads
I saw your heart when it froze
And now I'm living on the back
Of the back roads
Of the back roads
