I used to measure my life in miles,
Bar-room drinks and weathered smiles,
Watched the good days slip through my hands,
Like I’d always get another chance,
Now I just stand here and let it be,
Watching time roll out into the sea.
Another sunset in the Keys,
Sky burning down into the sea,
Glasses ring as the light goes low,
Like it’s something only locals know,
And I ain’t who I used to be,
I just let it go… here in the Keys.
Played for tips where the ceiling fans spin,
Salt on the neck of a beat-up mandolin,
Old men talking like they’ve seen it all,
Laughing ’bout things they can’t recall,
And somewhere between their words and mine,
I started hearing the truth in time.
Another sunset in the Keys,
Sky burning down into the sea,
Glasses ring as the light goes low,
Like it’s something only locals know,
And I ain’t who I used to be,
I just let it go… here in the Keys.
I don’t run like I did back then,
Don’t chase every road that might’ve been,
Let the tide take what it takes from me,
And give the rest back to the sea,
Some things you hold, some things you release,
I finally learned that here in the Keys.
Another sunset in the Keys,
Sky burning down into the sea,
Glasses ring as the light goes low,
Like it’s something only locals know,
And I ain’t who I used to be,
I just let it go… here in the Keys.