I should've known that whiskey night was gonna read me wrong
The doors were locked, the chairs were up, she'd played me all along
I raised my glass with her lipstick mark, tried keepin' cool somehow
But my heart turned state's witness and it's testifyin' now

She said, hands where I can see 'em, with that sheriff's crooked grin
Then laughed and said, relax, cowboy, I'm lettin' trouble in
No jailhouse key, no prison cell, no judge to read my rights
Just the lawgirl and the outlaw breakin' every law that night

Funny how the chase quits when nobody runs
Funny how surrender feels after the gun's done
Ain't no white flag when we're ridin' the same side
Love kicked the door, we just let it decide

She lay breathin' on my chest while the neon hummed its tune
Dust danced with our scattered clothes beneath that high ol' Moon
She poured us both two fingers, grinned and said, now here's the truth
I rode these backroads years ago, just raisin' hell in my youth

Different name, same red dirt roads, same whiskey, smoke, and flame
Now I hut the fools I used to be, 'cause I play a better game
I've stared down loaded pistols, never once broke or ran
But you looked me in the eye, and I forgot my master plan

Funny how the chase quits when nobody runs
Funny how surrender feels after the gun's done
Ain't no white flag when we're ridin' the same side
Love kicked the door, we just let it decide

Then she looked me dead between the eyes like she'd finally quit pretendin'
Turns out we weren't chasin' each other, we were both tired of defendin'
I said, the only thing that ever got me ain't made of steel or lead
'Cause love's the meanest outlaw, leaves no witness but your name instead

Funny how the chase quits when nobody runs
Funny how surrender feels after the gun's done
Ain't no white flag when we're ridin' the same side
Love kicked the door, we just let it decide