00:00Out where the blacktop melts into heat waves
00:13I caught a thumb out past the county line
00:16She had a suitcase full of Springsteen
00:20Cassettes and a heart that never learned to read the signs
00:24She said, drive like you mean it, don't ask where I'm from
00:29I just smiled, cranked the radio loud
00:32We lit up that dashboard with stories and smoke
00:37Two broken hallelujahs burning proud
00:40Backseat midnight, hands tangled tight
00:44Headed nowhere with the moon riding high
00:48Neon dreams and motel sheets
00:52One tank of gas and two lost hearts to keep
00:56She said this road don't promise nothing but goodbye
01:02But I still see her face in the taillights
01:08Diner coffee, 3am, her boots on my dash
01:14Laughin' bout names we'd leave behind
01:17In a roadside bar, she'd kiss me like thunder
01:22Then vanish like smoke in the morning light
01:26The map on my seat's just a paper ghost
01:30I chase her shadow down Route 95
01:33Every exit's a maybe, every town's a lie
01:38But I keep the wheels steady, still alive
01:42Backseat midnight, hands tangled tight
01:46Headed nowhere with the moon riding high
01:50Neon dreams and motel sheets
01:54One tank of gas and two lost hearts to keep
01:58She said this road don't promise nothing but goodbye
02:04But I still see her face in the taillights
02:09Steel guitar crying through the desert air
02:14She's in the wind, she's everywhere
02:17Broken compass, half a prayer
02:21But if she's out there, I'll find her somewhere
02:26Backseat midnight, her voice in the breeze
02:31Still riding shotgun in my memories
02:35Highway hymns and gasoline
02:39Burning down the miles of what might have been
02:43She said don't fall in love with the girl on the fly
02:48But I still chase her ghost through the taillights
02:53Out here where the broken hearts rise
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