The Long Drive Away

Verse 1

Stuck in the backseat

Hanging dice are swinging low

Counting all the white lines

Static on the stereo

Ford and Chevy fighting hard

Bumper stickers in the rain

Tapping on the window

Tracing every drop again

Pre-Chorus

Green light

Yellow glow

Watching where the horses go

Silver paint and rusted steel

Keep the hands upon the wheel

Chorus

Oh it is a long drive

Across the county line

Oh it is a long drive

To leave it all behind

Left the town at dawn

With the radio turned on

Oh it is a long drive

Verse 2

Stopped at the gas pump

Boiling tea in a plastic cup

Reading through the atlas

Wondering if the road is up

Saw a classic coupe fly past

Blur of red and chrome and smoke

Laughing at a billboard

Funny lines an old man spoke

Pre-Chorus

Gear shift

Engine hum

Waiting for the beat to come

Broken mirror on the side

Finding places left to hide

Chorus

Oh it is a long drive

Across the county line

Oh it is a long drive

To leave it all behind

Left the town at dawn

With the radio turned on

Oh it is a long drive

Bridge

Under the overpass

Watch the day turn grey

Wondering how much more

Will I give away

Keep the engine running

Through the hollow night

Just to find a window

In a better light

Chorus

Oh it is a long drive

Across the county line

Oh it is a long drive

To leave it all behind

Left the town at dawn

With the radio turned on

Oh it is a long drive