The In-Between

Instrumental Intro

(Acoustic guitar strums, stomping percussion builds)

Verse 1

Sonora dust on the dashboard

Sun bendin' through the cracked windshield

Got a sleeping bag and thirty bucks

And a map I've drawn my own lines on

Every town I haven't seen yet

Got a circle round the name

They say a man needs roots and rafters

But roots just feel like chains

Pre-Chorus

Tried a nine-to-five in Abilene

Tried a front porch with a porch swing

Some folks call it running away

I call it finding the day

Chorus

Let the white lines pull me forward

Let the radio sing me south

I don't need to know tomorrow

Got the wind inside my mouth

I got nothing here to anchor

Got everything I lack

The road don't ask where I've been

It just keeps pulling me back

Post-Chorus

Pullin' me back

Pullin' me back

Verse 2

Switchbacks up through the Sangres

Pine trees scrapin' at the moon

Pulled over near a mountain creek

Whistled out a half-born tune

Then the coast road drops to Ocean Beach

Salt spray on the guitar strings

People pay good money for vacations

I just live the in-between

Pre-Chorus

Every sunset paints for free

Every wrong turn teaches me

Some folks call it running away

I call it finding the day

Chorus

Let the white lines pull me forward

Let the radio sing me south

I don't need to know tomorrow

Got the wind inside my mouth

I got nothing here to anchor

Got everything I lack

The road don't ask where I've been

It just keeps pulling me back

Instrumental Break

(Banjo and electric guitar trade licks over driving drums)

Bridge

Kansas wheat fields roll like ocean

Montana sky too big to hold

Dakota winter bit my fingers

Texas summer turned me bold

I ain't searching for a finish line

Ain't searching for a home

Some men measure lives in acres

I measure mine in chrome

Chorus

Let the white lines pull me forward

Let the radio sing me south

I don't need to know tomorrow

Got the wind inside my mouth

I got nothing here to anchor

Got everything I lack

The road don't ask where I've been

It just keeps pulling me back

Post-Chorus

Pullin' me back

Pullin' me back