Modern Country • Mid-tempo, driving acoustic guitar + steady snare Verse 1 Gassed up the truck, threw a duffle by the door Left the folded map on the kitchen floor Don’t need a destination painted in the lights Just the blue horizon stretching out tonight Clock on the dash says I’m already late Late to be free, late to trade the heavy weight Of the same old streets and the same old view For a wind that don’t care where I’m going to Pre-Chorus Every mile unspooling like a long-lost song Gone are the chains, gone where they belong Sky’s turning amber, shadows growing long And I’m finally gone Chorus It’s the white line humming, it’s the open breeze World unzipping underneath these keys No walls to hold me, no place I gotta be Just the road, the sun, and wild and free Yeah the highway breathes and it sets me free Nothing in the rearview calling back to me Wide open, wide open — wild and free This is the life the road gave me Verse 2 Passed a diner sign glowing soft and low Saw an old dog watching the cars go Some folks were born to sit by the fire Some were born to ride the wire I got a pocket full of half-remembered lines And a heart that ain’t in a hurry to find Any one town, any one name Chasing the day into the flame Pre-Chorus Every mile unspooling like a long-lost song Gone are the chains, gone where they belong Sky’s turning amber, shadows growing long And I’m finally gone Chorus It’s the white line humming, it’s the open breeze World unzipping underneath these keys No walls to hold me, no place I gotta be Just the road, the sun, and wild and free Yeah the highway breathes and it sets me free Nothing in the rearview calling back to me Wide open, wide open — wild and free This is the life the road gave me Bridge Someday I’ll settle, plant my feet somewhere Tonight the wind’s the only one I swear Mountains may rise, rivers may bend Road don’t ask where you’ve been, only where you’re heading And that’s where I’ll be — wild and free Chorus (louder, fuller) It’s the white line humming, it’s the open breeze World unzipping underneath these keys No walls to hold me, no place I gotta be Just the road, the sun, and wild and free Yeah the highway breathes and it sets me free Nothing in the rearview calling back to me Wide open, wide open — wild and free This is the life the road gave me Outro Wheels turning slow, wheels turning fast Ride till the morning comes at last Wild and free… wild and free… Just the road and me Yeah — wild and free
