Backroads and Dollar Bills

[Verse 1]

You were counting tips in a coffee can

I was pumping gas in a broke-down town

Same blue clock on the wall every morning

Same dream saying, "Boy, get out"

You said, "If you got a tank and a Tuesday free

I got a map and a stubborn will"

So we threw our names on a paper napkin

Called it backroads and dollar bills

[Chorus]

Backroads and dollar bills

Chasing that someday thrill

We got a full tank, cracked dash

Heartache and wild hope in the back

If all we own is this old wheel

And a half-made promise that we might get healed

Baby, that's enough to feel

Backroads and dollar bills

[Verse 2]

We were singing loud over AM static

You were off-key, I didn't care

You were drawing stars on the windshield fog

Like they'd answer every prayer

You said, "Maybe fame or maybe just freedom

Maybe some small town we don't hate"

I said, "Long as every wrong turn's with you

I can learn to love the wait"

[Chorus]

Backroads and dollar bills

Chasing that someday thrill

We got a full tank, cracked dash

Heartache and wild hope in the back

If all we own is this old wheel

And a half-made promise that we might get healed

Baby, that's enough to feel

Backroads and dollar bills

[Bridge]

One day we might have a little white house

Mailbox with our names on the side

But I'll still see you with your shoes on my dashboard

Laughing at the lines we crossed that night

[Chorus]

Backroads and dollar bills

Chasing that someday thrill

We got a full tank, cracked dash

Heartache and wild hope in the back

If all we own is this old wheel

And a half-made promise that we might get healed

Baby, that's enough to feel

Backroads and dollar bills

[Outro]

Yeah, we're still living on

Backroads and dollar bills