Go Away This Is My Montana

About this one

A woman in Montana told me to go away, so I wrote her a chorus instead. No hard feelings, and no plans to leave.

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
You looked me up and down
Like I owed you rent
Said, “Where you from, boy?”
Then your eyebrows went

I said, “Just moved in”
You said, “Well, that won’t fly”
Actin’ like the county line
Was a test of my supply

You got that little badge
On your chest that says “nope”
Like Montana’s your porch
And I’m trespassin’ your rope

[Pre-Chorus]
Why you so wound up?
Why you so mean?
I’m just one guy
With a truck and a dream

You act real tough
But girl, let’s be real
You ain’t the whole state
You just rent the feel

[Chorus]
GO AWAY
That’s what you say
Like you own Montana
And the whole damn place

GO AWAY
You guard the gate
Like a mall cop with a map
And a heartbreak face

GO AWAY
You make a scene
Over one new neighbor
And a state line dream

GO AWAY
Baby, okay
If this much drama fits you
Keep it, hey

[Verse 2]
You got opinions
On where folks “ought to be”
Like you got a PhD
In geography

You see a plate from Texas
Now you clutch your pearls
Act like a U-Haul trailer
Ended civilization, girl

You talk real loud
For somebody that small
Like a paper crown queen
In a courthouse hall

If moving was a crime
You’d be judge and jury too
And I’d still be confused
Why it matters to you

[Pre-Chorus]
Why you so wound up?
Why you take it hard?
I crossed one line
Not your backyard

You puff up big
Like a storm in June
But you’re just mad
I showed up too soon

[Chorus]
GO AWAY
That’s what you say
Like you own Montana
And the whole damn place

GO AWAY
You guard the gate
Like a mall cop with a map
And a heartbreak face

GO AWAY
You make a scene
Over one new neighbor
And a state line dream

GO AWAY
Baby, okay
If this much drama fits you
Keep it, hey

[Bridge]
[Fast country-rap]
You act like the Bighorn paid you rent
Like the whole state came from your blood and cement
Got a stranger on the road and you start to sweat
Like a guy with a zipper plane and a “sorry, not yet”

You police the porch, you patrol the pine
You’re the queen of “who the heck is crossing that line?”
You saw my license and you lost your mind
Like I stole your horse and your parking sign

You don’t just side-eye, you file a report
On a dude with a cooler and a folded-up short
Said, “Where’d you come from?” like I broke a law
Girl, I just moved in and you called in the law

You wave that flag like a bouncer at dawn
“State’s full!” “State’s full!” but the whole thing’s wrong
You don’t own Montana, you don’t run the town
You just get real nervous when outsiders come around

[Chorus]
GO AWAY
That’s what you say
Like you own Montana
And the whole damn place

GO AWAY
You guard the gate
Like a mall cop with a map
And a heartbreak face

GO AWAY
You make a scene
Over one new neighbor
And a state line dream

GO AWAY
Baby, okay
If this much drama fits you
Keep it, hey

[Outro]
GO AWAY
Yeah, that’s your thing
I’m just laughin’ while you
Take it like a king

GO AWAY
One more time
You can have the whole border
I’ll take my side