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A reckoning with the past that refuses to give it any credit. She took what she wanted and walked out the door, and he was the one left smiling through the neighbors’ questions. He sold the house, hit the highway heading west, and found out who he was somewhere between the worst and the best. Now he dresses like a mountain man, smiles at the setting sun, and has peace inside his chest. He’s a new version of himself — and she doesn’t get to take credit for that.
Lyrics
[Verse 1] You took what you wanted and walked out the door Left me standing in the wreckage on the kitchen floor I was the one who told the neighbors where you'd gone Smiled through the questions, kept my composure on Boxes in the driveway, for sale sign in the yard Turns out letting go of everything ain't all that hard [Chorus] I told myself no looking back But looking back is still what I do All these years out on the road Don't think I'm looking back at you You might think you wrecked me when we were through But I'm a new version of me now No thanks to you [Verse 2] Sold the house in August, hit the highway heading west Found out who I was somewhere between the worst and best Slept in desert motels, sang in roadside bars Learned to read my future in a sky full of stars Every mile behind me was a mile I got to choose Funny how you find yourself when you've got nothing left to lose [Chorus] [Verse 3] Now I dress like a mountain man and I never get cold Don't need things to fill me up, don't need things to feel whole My heart races for the wild things, I smile at the setting sun Living miles from those suburbs where you wanted us to run Got dirt under my fingernails and peace inside my chest Turns out the man you left behind just needed to be left [Bridge] I won't say I'm grateful, I won't say I'm glad But I won't give you credit for the best thing I ever had This heart that's still beating, this voice that found its song It was always mine for the taking I just had to learn where I belong [Chorus] I told myself no looking back But looking back is what got me through All these years out on the road I was looking back at who I knew You might think you made me when we were through But I'm a new version of me now No thanks to you [Outro] Still think about you sometimes when the night gets long But you're just a memory now Fading like an old song I'm a new version of me now No thanks to you