Lyrics
Verse 1
I was a Katy girl with too much mouthAnd a truck that knew every backroad outHe lived west down I-10Where the sky gets wide and the towns get thinWe talked big in that front-seat darkLike the highway owed us a brand new startSaid we'd chase that dream till the tank ran dryThen I opened my mouth and watched it die
Pre‑Chorus
It wasn't one big lieJust a hundred little ones I didn't meanStupid things I saidWhen I should've just let him see me
Chorus
We had a dream for a whileWestbound nights and a two-lane smileBut I talked us out of loveSaid the wrong damn words when he needed enoughHe didn't feel like I loved himAnd maybe that night I didn't show it rightI lost a good man west of KatyOn a stretch of I-10 in the middle of the night
Verse 2
He wanted quiet, I wanted proofHe wanted forever, I wanted the truthI joked when I should've held his handMade a joke out of something I didn't understandHe said "do you even mean it when you say my name"I laughed it off like it was all a gameBy the time I meant every word I hadHe already packed that dream in the back of his cab
Pre‑Chorus
I can still see those taillightsCutting west through the darkMe standing there knowingI tore the whole thing apart
Chorus
We had a dream for a whileWestbound nights and a two-lane smileBut I talked us out of loveSaid the wrong damn words when he needed enoughHe didn't feel like I loved himAnd maybe that night I didn't show it rightI lost a good man west of KatyOn a stretch of I-10 in the middle of the night
Bridge
I'd take back every smart-ass lineEvery half-true thing I threwI'd tell him I loved him plain and slowThe way a Texas girl should doBut some words don't come backOnce they leave your mouthAnd some men don't turn aroundOnce they pointed south
Final Chorus
We had a dream for a whileI can still taste that I-10 mileI talked us out of loveSaid the wrong damn words when he needed enoughHe didn't feel like I loved himGod, I wish I'd said it rightI lost a good man west of KatyAnd I still drive that highway every night