[Verse 1]

You left your denim jacket hangin’ on the bedpost like a sign

Coffee’s gettin’ cold, and so’s the part of me you’d light at night

Dog’s still waitin’ by the screen door, nose pressed to the light

Radio’s playin’ love songs, but they don’t fit me right

[Pre-Chorus]

I keep drivin’ past your mama’s place just to see if your porch light’s on

Tell myself I’m movin’ on, but every green light feels wrong

[Chorus]

’Cause heartbreak rides shotgun, callin’ my name like a backroad sign

Every mile keeps countin’ all the could’ve-beens we left behind

Tears in a takeout cup, whiskey in a neon sky

I ain’t ridin’ alone tonight, I’m in the backseat of goodbye

[Verse 2]

You said forever soft and easy, like June rain on tin

Now there’s boxes where your boots were, and silence movin’ in

Friends keep sayin’ I’ll feel better when the seasons change

But winter moved in early, and it’s got your last name

[Pre-Chorus]

I talk brave to the mirror till the truth comes breakin’ through

I ain’t mad that you’re gone—just stuck on the ghost of you

[Chorus]

’Cause heartbreak rides shotgun, callin’ my name like a backroad sign

Every mile keeps countin’ all the could’ve-beens we left behind

Tears in a takeout cup, whiskey in a neon sky

I ain’t ridin’ alone tonight, I’m in the backseat of goodbye

[Bridge]

If love’s a map, then I missed the turn, kept goin’ straight through all your signs

Now I’m lost on roads we built from promises and Friday nights

If you ever miss this beat-up heart, you know where it still lies

Right there on your old barstool between hello and goodbyes

[Chorus]

Heartbreak rides shotgun, hummin’ our song till the dawn burns dry

Every word I didn’t say is hitchin’ rides in my rearview eyes

Tears in a takeout cup, whiskey in a neon sky

I ain’t ridin’ alone tonight, I’m in the backseat of goodbye

[Outro]

So I’ll fold your denim jacket, leave it where the light falls thin

If the road brings you back around, that key still fits this grin

’Til then it’s just me and the dog and a radio that lies

Singin’ to the taillights of a love that passed me by