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Back to the Dirt The Neon Homecoming

  • Length3:57
  • BPM108
  • LangEnglish
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Intro

Spoken"I spent three long years trying to live by the big city rules, wearing their fancy clothes and suffocating under their gray skies. But honey, I'm throwing it all in the dumpster tonight. I'm back where I belong. One, two, three... hit it!"IntroVerse 1I packed my bags in the middle of a concrete mazeTired of the artificial, neon-lighted hazeThey tried to make me small, tried to make me fitBut I tore up their contract, didn't give a single bitI put my old worn boots on a southbound asphalt trackHeading right back to the valley, and I ain't never looking backChorusHeavy-grooving swampy crowd shoutQuit the job! (Crowd: Quit it!)Flooring the gas! (Crowd: Go!)Back to the dirt! (Crowd: Hell yeah!)Small-town lights! (Crowd: Shine!)Riding back home! (Crowd: Home!)Until the night is done! (Crowd: Yee-haw!)Verse 2The city folks are talking, saying I threw it awayBut they can keep their high-rises and their clinical grayI need a real conversation sitting at this barUnderneath a sky where you can actually see a starSo bartender line 'em up and slam 'em on the wood'Cause being back with my people never felt so damn goodChorusHeavy-grooving swampy crowd shoutQuit the job! (Crowd: Quit it!)Flooring the gas! (Crowd: Go!)Back to the dirt! (Crowd: Hell yeah!)Small-town lights! (Crowd: Shine!)Riding back home! (Crowd: Home!)Until the night is done! (Crowd: Yee-haw!)BridgeMusic drops low - Just a thumping bass drum and heavy table-slappingNo more ties, no more lies, no more corporate gamesWe’re throwing all the shadows right into the bonfire flamesCrowd building to a complete, absolute frenzy: Let's go! Let's go! Hey! Hey!Final ChorusThe entire band explodes into a massive swamp-rock wall of soundQuit the job! (Crowd: Quit it!)Flooring the gas! (Crowd: Go!)Back to the dirt! (Crowd: Hell yeah!)Small-town lights! (Crowd: Shine!)Riding back home! (Crowd: Home!)Until the night is done! (Crowd: Yee-haw!)TagThe electric guitars and fiddle stay high and wildYeah, I'm back to the dirtCrowd shouts: Where I belong!My neon homecomingCrowd shouts: Singing our song!