The One Who Got Away

[Verse] Deputy Trevor Bradford, badge shined and worn, In a small-town night, just before the storm, Saw a man with a warrant, stealthy and sly, A shadow in the distance, under moonlit sky. [Verse 2] Tried to lay the law down, on an old dirt road, Engine hummin' low, past fields that glow'd, But the man was swift, as the river flows, Dodged through the pine trees, where nobody goes. [Chorus] Oh, the one who got away, a ghost in the night, Slipped through my fingers, gave me the slip right, Out here in the quiet, where the secrets stay, Left me haunted by the one who got away. [Verse 3] Trevor's on patrol, under starless skies, Eyes sharp as eagles, but the trail it dies, Tangled in the silence of the county line, Whispers in the night, they ain't no friend of mine. [Verse 4] Every call on the radio cuts like a knife, Saw the man's face, every twist, every strife, Couldn't shake the feeling, deep in his soul, That justice lay out there, beyond his control. [Chorus] Oh, the one who got away, a ghost in the night, Slipped through my fingers, gave me the slip right, Out here in the quiet, where the secrets stay, Left me haunted by the one who got away.