Gary Holliday - Tailgate Promises Lyrics

Friday nights under small-town stars
Dreamin' big on the hoods of our cars
We swore we'd conquer the world someday
But time has a funny way to play

Tailgate promises, we made 'em strong
Pinky swears and "friends for life" belong
To the rearview mirror of yesteryears
Those tailgate promises, they meant the world to us
But now, they're just bittersweet souvenirs

Main Street's gettin' smaller every day
College dreams are callin' us away
We're packin' our lives in beat-up cardboard crates
Chasin' hopes and plans, our futures that await

Oh, how we said we'd never change
But life's got plans of its own to arrange
The world beyond that county line
Is callin' us to leave it all behind

Tailgate promises, we made 'em strong
Pinky swears and "friends for life" belong
To the rearview mirror of yesteryears
Those tailgate promises, they meant the world to us
But now, they're just bittersweet souvenirs

Now we're scattered like golden leaves in fall
Chasin' our dreams, both big and small
But on quiet nights, I still can hear
Those whispered plans we held so dear

Oh, how we said we'd never change
But life's got plans of its own to arrange
The world beyond that county line
Is callin' us to leave it all behind

Tailgate promises, we made 'em strong
Pinky swears and "friends for life" belong
To the rearview mirror of yesteryears
Those tailgate promises, they meant the world to us
But now, they're just bittersweet souvenirs

Back home, that ol' truck's still parked
Where we carved our names into the bark
Tailgate promises, they're fadin' slow
Reminders of a life we used to know