"Ways Away" lyrics

Bovine hide and bloodshot eyes
5 o'clock comes early in the summertime
4 by 4s, wearin' 505s
Sweatin' out last night's silver bullets
Spittin' seeds and the wintergreen
We were drunk or asleep, no in between
And my family tree's got a legacy
Of tryna get ahead but we couldn't
Sittin' here reminiscing when I shouldn't

I'm a ways away
And everything I ever knew ain't the same
Staring in the rear-view mirror
The interstate's making me bitter
But Daddy didn't raise no quitter
I'm tryna make a name
Tryna ride a tornado in a paper plane
Chasin' down something way bigger
Praying that Cumberland River
Don't wash my Midwest ways away

Landlord's been on my ass
Never spent this much on a tank of gas
Corn and beans shoot up real fast
But dreams don't grow in Barton

I'm a ways away
And everything I ever knew ain't the same
Staring in the rear-view mirror
The interstate's making me bitter
But Daddy didn't raise no quitter
I'm tryna make a name
Tryna ride a tornado in a paper plane
Chasin' down something way bigger
Praying that Cumberland River
Don't wash my Midwest ways away

Wish I could go home when the goin' gets tough
Wish I knew then that I'd miss it this much
Only place I'm pushin' daisies up
Why the hell did I leave where I wanna end up?
I'm a ways away
Yeah, I'm a ways away

I'm a ways away
And everything I ever knew ain't the same
Staring in the rear-view mirror
The interstate's making me bitter
But Daddy didn't raise no quitter
I'm tryna make a name
Tryna ride a tornado in a paper plane
Chasin' down something way bigger
Praying that Cumberland River
Don't wash my Midwest ways away