Miles Don't Mean a Thing

I've spent a lot of nights beneath a dashboard glow,

Chasing down another check on some two-lane road.

Got a little bit of money and a whole lot on my mind,

But there's a place I keep on thinking about when I'm running out of time.

Somewhere in the middle of the life I've always known,

I found a kind of happiness I never found alone.

It's the little things that get me, things that most folks never see,

Funny how a house full of noise can mean the world to me.

I don't need a big old house, don't need a pot of gold,

Just a little time with them when the nights get cold.

I've been all around, but there's something I've found true,

All these miles don't mean a damn thing compared to time with you.

Yeah, the world can keep on turning, let the whole thing pass me by,

Give me those kids laughing and her standing by my side.

I've spent my whole life working, trying to make it through,

But the best part of this life is the time I get with you.

the sun come up through a windshield full of dust, Spent my life chasing a dollar, doing what I must. But somewhere along the way, something changed inside. Now I've got a reason to look forward to the other side. It's the sound of little footsteps running when I walk through that door. It's laughing at the little things that never mattered before. It's funny how you spend your whole life thinking you know what life's about,

Then a couple little smiles turn your whole world inside out.

And that woman standing there, she don't even have a clue,

Just how much better this old world looks when I'm around all of you.

Someday these roads will end, and I'll lay this hammer down,

Won't have to chase another paycheck, won't have to leave this town.

And if there's one thing I can say when all is said and done,

It's that the miles were worth the driving and the battles I have won.

I don't need to be remembered for the money that I made,

Just the time I spent with them and the memories that we saved.

'Cause I've spent my whole life working, trying to make it through,

But the best part of this life is the time I get with you.

I don't need a big old house, don't need a pot of gold,

Just a little time with them when the nights get cold.

I've been all around, but there's something I've found true,

All these miles don't mean a damn thing compared to time with you.

Yeah, the world can keep on turning, let the whole thing pass me by,

Give me those kids laughing and her standing by my side.

I've spent my whole life working, trying to make it through,

But the best part of this life is the time I get with you.