The Keys appears on For Recreational Use Only, Blake Shelton’s studio album released on May 9, 2025.
written by Bobby Pinson, Brock Berryhill, Jay Brunswick
Chevrolet, that's what the faded letters used to say
On the chain the dealer gave me
On the day I drove it away
Room 202, I didn't turn it in like you're supposed to
I was eighteen, she was twenty-two
In that spring-break hotel room
I learned a thing or two
And it hangs there on a hook by my front door
Half of them don't even work no more
I remember what each one used to be for
On the ring that holds the keys that unlock me
Master lock, I got more of those than most folks got
This gold one goes to the gate where we used to drink a lot
At the edge of Grandpa's crops
When he sold it, I stole it from underneath that rock
It hangs there on a hook by my front door
Half of them don't even work no more
I remember what each one used to be for
On the ring that holds the keys that unlock me
This one here's a spare I'll never throw away
Mama put it there for me, just in case
I ever came back home one day
Still on the ring that holds the keys that unlock me