Lyric

『Highway Rice Field』

Verse 1

If she had to leave me

Could’ve at least been my fault

Could’ve said it straight to my face

Watched my glasses hit the asphalt

Could’ve let me beg

Like a drunk in a neon bar

Instead she chose a better man

And drove off in his foreign car

Pre-Chorus

He’s a decent guy

Honest, works hard

Hell, more Japanese than me

With a Brazilian heart

Chorus

So let her ride

Down that long dry road

Let her lean on him

When the nights get cold

I’ll be fine

I’ve got dirt in my hands

Rice fields don’t laugh

They just understand

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Verse 2

I got a wife at home

Kids, grandkids too

A house full of history

And something real to lose

This was just bad whiskey

One reckless little flame

Even a sober man

Can forget his own name

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Bridge

Once I laughed

At that old professor

In 野いちご

Now I see him

In the rearview mirror

Staring back again

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Final Chorus

So let her ride

With that Brazilian sun

If he can love her right

Then let it be done

I ain’t dying

Just bruised and sore

A man can still stand tall

On a back road floor

Wind keeps blowing

Corn keeps growing

Heart keeps breaking

And somehow… going