I take a breath and turn the key

I never guessed this would take all of me

One more look at what I'm leaving behind

This cloud of dust it's my goodbye

It's a long long road to independence

But I'm leaving you for tennessee

I've got demons riding shotgun

Telling me not to go

But what they don't know

Is I'm already gone

Is I'm already gone

They say it's easier as time goes by

Why won't these tears stop falling from my eyes

Letting you go wasn't what I planned

With every mile the more I understand

It's a long long road to independence

But I'm leaving you for tennessee

I've got demons riding shotgun

Telling me not to go

But what they don't know

Is I'm already gone

And I almost turned around on highway 65

In a arkansas at a truck stop just to cry

I put myself together at the chatham county line

And I thought about my heart and all the reasons why I should drive

It's a long long road to independence

But I'm leaving you for tennessee

I've got demons riding shotgun

Telling me not to go

But what they don't know

But what they don't know

Is I'm already gone

I'm already gone

I'm already gone