[Verse 1]
Found your old receipts in a shoebox last night
Hotel bills and plane tickets tellin' me what ain't right
Every paper's got a story, every date tells a lie
Been livin' in the shadows of your double life
[Chorus]
Paper trail, paper trail
Leading down a broken rail
Paper trail, paper trail
Your secrets written in detail
Lord, these documents don't lie
Even when you try and try
[Verse 2]
Birth certificate yellowed with time and shame
Another child somewhere carryin' my daddy's name
Mama's tears fallin' on photographs I ain't seen before
Now I know why money was always runnin' out the door
[Bridge]
Stack of letters tied with string
Each one burns like hell's own sting
Different address, different town
Another life you're keepin' down
[Verse 3]
Daddy's signature tells two different tales
One for us, one for them, never meant to fail
But the truth was hiding in your filing cabinet drawer
Now I'm pickin' up these pieces scattered on the floor
[Chorus]
Paper trail, paper trail
Leading down a broken rail
Paper trail, paper trail
Your secrets written in detail
Lord, these documents don't lie
Even when you try and try
[Verse 4]
Every bank statement's got a story to tell
'Bout the life you built in your private hell
Two Christmas cards signed with the same damn pen
Wonder if you ever thought 'bout where this would end
[Outro]
These papers tell no lies
Though God knows how you tried
Paper trail burns away
But the truth's here to stay