00:11Back in the Saddle Abine
00:21County line blur through the windshield glow
00:26Gas station buzzing around 2 a.m.
00:31But he said, man, where you been hiding?
00:35I just laughed and shook my head
00:38There's a crack pool cue lean by the jukebox
00:44Same old Marlboro burn on the rail
00:48Girl in a red dress humming George Strait softly
00:53Bartender slid me in amber rain
00:57Dust steel hanging off them tires
01:02Parking lot full of lifted Chevrolets
01:06Somebody hollered my old nickname
01:10And it hit me sideways
01:16I've been gone long enough
01:19Long enough to hear my own boots echo
01:23Walking through that doorway slow
01:27Back where the neon shakes
01:31Back where the screen door slams
01:36Back where the midnight crowd
01:40Still talks loud with their hands
01:45Back where the band plays too late
01:49Back where the whiskey burns clean
01:53Back in the saddle again
01:58Back in the saddle again
02:02Got gravel dust stuck on my jeans
02:07And a Friday buzz in the wind
02:13Back in the saddle again
02:19Old man Murphy still runs at the corner station
02:24Still keeps peanuts by the cash register
02:29Kids out tailgating by the grain silos
02:34Blue lights flashing somewhere out in the dark
02:37Saw her sister near the dance floor laughing
02:42Silver cross chain catching the light
02:47She said you picked one hell of a weekend
02:51Then disappeared into Saturday night
02:56Cigarette smoke by the patio heater
03:01Tin roofs rattling overhead
03:05And some old Hank Jr. song
03:08Half breaking
03:10From a speaker barely hanging by a thread
03:14I ain't saying much tonight
03:18Just letting this town talk to me
03:22One mile marker at a time
03:27I'm back where the neon shakes
03:31Back where the screen door slams
03:36Back where the midnight crowd
03:40Still talks loud with their hands
03:45Back where the band plays too late
03:49Back where the whiskey burns clean
03:53Back in the saddle again
03:57Yeah, back in the saddle again
04:02Got gravel dust stuck on my jeans
04:07And a Friday buzz in the wind
04:13Back in the saddle again
04:19There's a den in the booth by the window
04:23Where we carved initials years ago
04:29Rainwater dripping off the awning
04:33Radio low, low
04:37A couple folks I knew moved west now
04:42A couple names carved in the stone
04:46Still this town keeps pulling
04:51Like a porch light left on
04:55Yeah, I'm back where the neon shakes
04:59Back where the screen door slams
05:04Back where the long neck sweat
05:08Runs cold through calloused hands
05:13Back where the band plays too late
05:17Back where the stars don't end
05:22Back in the saddle again
05:26Back in the saddle again
05:30Got gravel dust stuck on my jeans
05:35That old black top pulling me in
05:41Back in the saddle again
05:46One more night
05:48One more spin
05:50Back in the saddle again
05:56Back in the saddle again
06:01Woo!
06:03Whoo!
06:06Whoo!
06:07Whoo!
06:11Whoo!
06:11Whoo!
06:12Whoo!
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