Tailgate Prayer
Country ballad with steady two-step strum, brushed drums, pedal steel swells, and a simple bass pulse; verse stays intimate with acoustic guitar and dobro, pre-chorus lifts with stacked harmony answers, chorus opens wide with singalong gang vocals and a crying steel line. Bridge strips back to voice and guitar, then final chorus adds fiddle fills, hand claps, and a warm, bright, radio-ready mix, country
Tailgate Prayer
Country ballad with steady two-step strum, brushed drums, pedal steel swells, and a simple bass pulse; verse stays intimate with acoustic guitar and dobro, pre-chorus lifts with stacked harmony answers, chorus opens wide with singalong gang vocals and a crying steel line. Bridge strips back to voice and guitar, then final chorus adds fiddle fills, hand claps, and a warm, bright, radio-ready mix, country
Lyrics
Dust on the dash
Mud on my boots
Mama's old ring
Still fits the truth
Cold sweet tea
On a red porch rail
Your name on my tongue
Like a Sunday tale
[Pre-Chorus]
I been gone too long
Chasing that money train
But every county line
Leads me back again
[Chorus]
Take me home
Down that gravel road
Take me home
Where the tall grass grows
Your porch light's on
And I know I'm known
Take me home
Take me home
[Verse 2]
Screen door slap
And the hound dog bark
Jar lid twist
And a jarred-up heart
Grandpa's laugh
In the weathered wood
You said "stay awhile"
And I finally could
[Pre-Chorus]
I been worn too thin
By a world so loud
But your quiet hands
Pull me through the crowd
[Chorus]
Take me home
Down that gravel road
Take me home
Where the tall grass grows
Your porch light's on
And I know I'm known
Take me home
Take me home
[Bridge]
If I lose my way
In a roadless night
Put that old song on
And leave the back door white
I'll come running in
Like I did before
With my heart in dust
And my name at your door
[Chorus]
Take me home
Down that gravel road
Take me home
Where the tall grass grows
Your porch light's on
And I know I'm known
Take me home
Take me home