[Intro]
(acoustic guitar, soft banjo picking)
(Male, soft)
Yeah…
(Female, airy)
Mmm…
[Verse 1: Male]
Walnut Creek where I saw your face
Friday night in a small café place
Nervous laugh when you said my name
Right then, I knew nothin’ stayed the same
[Verse 1: Female]
Alamo nights, we walked so slow
Talkin’ ‘bout things we didn’t know
Your old jacket, I held it tight
Felt like forever in that streetlight
[Pre-Chorus: Duet]
We were young, we were wild, we were free…
[Chorus: Duet]
Every mile on that iron horse trail
Got a piece of us time won’t steal
Through the turns and the tears we felt
Love like ours don’t ever derail
From the past to the here and now
Somehow we’re still standin’ proud
All those roads led us back somehow…
To that iron horse trail right now
[Verse 2: Female]
Danville lights and your hand in mine
Laughin’ ‘bout nothin’ past midnight time
Every word felt so real and true
Whole wide world felt small with you
[Verse 2: Male]
San Ramon, ridin’ side by side
Sun goin’ down, just you and I
Said “forever” like we believed
Didn’t know what we’d have to leave
[Pre-Chorus: Duet]
Then life pulled us different ways…
[Chorus: Duet]
Every mile on that iron horse trail
Held the love we were scared to tell
Through the silence and all those years
Echoes still ringin’ in my ears
From the miles that we walked apart
Still your name on my stubborn heart
All those roads led us back somehow…
To that iron horse trail right now
[Banjo Solo]
(warm, expressive, melodic picking, builds emotion)
[Bridge]
[Male]
Dublin nights felt cold and long
Every memory felt like a song
[Female]
Pleasanton, I drove by slow
Hopin’ somehow you’d show
[Duet]
Time moved on, but never enough…
Some loves don’t give up
[Final Chorus: Duet]
Every mile on that iron horse trail
Brought us back when we thought we failed
Through the distance, through the pain
Love like ours finds a way again
From the past to the here and now
We’re the proof it all works somehow
Every road, every tear, every mile…
Led me back to your arms tonight
[Outro]
(Male) Back where it all began…
(Female) Just like we said back then…
(Duet)
On that iron horse trail…