Title: “Everybody Knows My Name”

Title: “Everybody Knows My Name” Verse 1 It started at the diner on a Tuesday morn Coffee went cold while the rumor was born Mavis leaned in like a courthouse bell Said, “Girl, your secret’s the talk of the well” By noon it was drifting down Main Street slow By supper every front porch seemed to know That preacher’s wife and a woman like me Ain’t the kind of headline they’re used to see Chorus Now everybody knows my name Says it like a match to a flame Whispered low, shouted loud Passed like sin through a Sunday crowd They can point, they can blame But love don’t play their small-town game If truth’s a fire, I’ll take the blame Yeah, everybody knows my name Verse 2 She walked in my shop with her head held tight Wedding band catching the neon light Said, “I ain’t here for trouble or lies Just tired of living in borrowed disguise” We talked till the moon climbed over the grain Two lonely hearts in a county of shame When her hand found mine across that counter top I knew right then this town would talk Chorus Now everybody knows my name Says it like a match to a flame Whispered low, shouted loud Passed like sin through a Sunday crowd They can point, they can blame But love don’t play their small-town game If truth’s a fire, I’ll take the blame Yeah, everybody knows my name Bridge Last night she stood on my gravel drive Suitcase shaking, eyes alive Said, “I can’t go back to who I was” I said, “You don’t have to run because…” Final Chorus Everybody knows our names Let ’em ring like freedom chains Let ’em stare, let ’em see What honest love looks like on Main Street They can point, they can blame But we ain’t hiding in their shame If living true means living claimed Let everybody know our names Outro Church bells rang when the sun rose high We walked past without looking back Small towns talk… but we don’t lie