One More Time in the Timber

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[Verse 1]
Coffee’s gone cold
Boots by the door
Two empty chairs
By that old Ford
I still see you both
Laughin’ in that dust
Handin’ me the rifle
Sayin’ “kid
Just trust”

[Chorus]
I’d give anything
To walk that ridge again
Hear you call my name
Through the dark and wind
All I’ve got now
Are these worn-out scenes in my mind
I’d give anything
Just to go huntin’ with you
One more time

[Verse 2]
Tackle box rusted
Boat on the bank
Your names on the wood
Carved in my shaky hand
I push off alone
Can’t cast far enough
Every ripple on the water
Just pulls me back to us

[Chorus]
I’d give anything
To drift that lake again
Hear your quiet jokes
Breakin’ through the wind
All I’ve got now
Are these worn-out scenes in my mind
I’d give anything
Just to go fishin’ with you
One more time

[Bridge]
They say “you’ll move on”
Like there’s some finish line
But the day you left this world
You took half of mine
I stand in our spots
Call your names in the pines (you hear me?)
All that answers back
Is my own cry

[Chorus]
I’d give anything
To see you both again
Feel your steady hands
On my shakin’ chin
All I’ve got now
Are these fading scenes in my mind
My whole world fell apart
The day you closed your eyes
I’d give anything
Just to go out there with you
One last time

[Outro]
Truck keys in my hand
I can’t turn ‘em yet
I sit in the quiet
Tryin’ not to forget
If you’re watchin’ from somewhere
Beyond that sky
Hope you know I’m still your boy
Just tryin’ to survive