Coping comes when I turn that key To forget the way you looked at me Label drinking To get you off my mind Strands of hair sitting next to me Only part of you that didn't leave Covered by that box of health to medicate Yeah I'll medicate Headlights in a nothing town Blasting noise all the way just to drown out sounds Of painful cries Of you not with me Just a simple man of black and white Who promised you a better life That you tossed away So now I'll go back Back to drivin' Back to cryin' Back to my home Back on the backroads Back on the Backroads are talking to me late at night From downing all them drinks To getting too high 'Cause when you left me for another man I slammed another twelve as fast as I can To feel numb To everything we had I just want it back the way it was Without you repeating all my past Headlights in a nothing town Blasting noise all the way just to drown out sounds Of painful cries Of you not with me Just a simple man of black and white Who promised you a better life That you tossed away So now I'll go back Back to drivin' Back to cryin' Back to my home Back on the backroads Are made for you and me To bandage up what you don't see 'Cause I hide myself To keep from being hurt But I pushed myself to let you in Just for you to go behind my back again And I know That pushing it down just makes it worse (Oh yeah it makes it worse) But I'm flashing my Headlights in a nothing town Trying everything I can just to get you out of my head 'Cause you're not coming back And I knew our time was set in stone In the moments where I took too long To open up But I'm not made for that Back to drivin' Back to cryin' Back to my home Back on the backroads