American Roads

Side of the highway
 Rain pouring down
 And I can't remember where I was
 Headed to now
 Red stone on the dashboard
 My head in the clouds
 I get in my lane
 And baby I don't want to get out
 Can't take it for granted
 When you feel this alive
 Give a nod to the crosses
 All along the roadside
 It's hard to imagine that
 I didn't want to learn how to drive
 Roll down the window now
 Just to let in the sky
 Radio on and my left foot tappin'
 The things I know and the things I imagine
 The people I've seen in the cars I'm passin'
 Rearview mirror and the red lights flashin'
 Oh please lord don't let it happen
 Sunlight on the canyon
 Thin layer of snow
 A bullet hole in a motel window
 And a burnin' mobile home
 And the wheel in your hand
 Is the only thing you control
 The world's just whippin' on past you
 Like a line of telephone poles
 The gasoline in the air I'm breathin'
 The things I doubt and the things I believe in
 The feeling you have when it's more than a feeling
 The city I trust, and the city I'm leavin'
 Oh maybe we'll just call it even
 There's a crack in my windshield
 And I'm hopin' it holds
 There's a crack in everything
 I hold close to my soul
 And the woman I'm next to
 She'll never get old
 I'll never forget you on American roads