Wide Open Highways

[Intro]

[Soft fingerpicked guitar

Distant organ swell]

Dust on the dash

Sun in my eyes

Map on the seat

Name in the sky

[Verse 1]

Coffee in a paper cup

Mile twelve

The fog lifts up

Your old sweater on my chair

Still holds a little of your hair

Radio talking to itself

Box of letters on the shelf

Every page a porch light on

Calling me to where you're gone

[Chorus]

Wide open highways

Calling me back

Name on a green sign

Heart on the rack

Every white line says "baby

Turn around"

If I keep rolling

Will I run you down?

Wide open highways

Humming your name

I hit the gas but it feels the same

Every road I find just circles back

To wide open highways

Calling me back

[Verse 2]

Your hometown at 4 a.m

Single diner

Same old men

Corner booth where we first met

Sugar packets

Secret bets

You said

"Leave before you turn to rust

Chase some thunder

Kick some dust"

Now this freedom tastes like ache

Empty seat

Too much space

[Chorus]

Wide open highways

Calling me back

Name on a green sign

Heart on the rack

Every white line says "baby

Turn around"

If I keep rolling

Will I run you down?

Wide open highways

Humming your name

I hit the gas but it feels the same

Every road I find just circles back

To wide open highways

Calling me back

[Bridge]

If I stop this car

Will the world stand still? (oh)

If I cross that line

Will you love me still?

I'm a long

Low whistle on a midnight track

Blowing through the places I can't get back

[Chorus]

Wide open highways

Calling me back

Name on a green sign

Heart on the rack

Every white line says "baby

Turn around"

If I keep rolling

Will I run you down?

Wide open highways

Humming your name

I hit the gas but it feels the same

Every road I find just circles back

To wide open highways

Calling me back