[Verse 1] I remember summer dust On a beat-up Schwinn Ten-speed dreams and scraped up skin The world was just the five blocks from my house to Miller's Creek The currency we used was the secrets we would keep We'd race the sun and sand back home, a hero's welcome call Thinking we had conquered it all, we were ten feet tall [Chorus] And oh, the freedom of that rusty chain The whisper of the tires in the summer rain The whole world was a promise on that winding country road The greatest adventure my young heart had ever known Just a boy on a bicycle A long, long time ago [Instrumental] (Yeah) [Verse 2] Now the years have passed and I've traded in those wheels For a thousand CCs of thunder in chrome and polished steel The world ain't five blocks anymore, it's just an endless line Of asphalt stretched before me and every inch is mine From the deserts of Arizona to the New York City lights I'm chasing down the thunder through the long and lonely nights [Chorus] And oh, the freedom of this roaring iron horse A hurricane of power on an never-ending course The whole world is my highway, a story to be told The greatest adventure for a heart that's brave and bold A man on a machine And I'm finally in control [Instrumental] (Oh) [Bridge] That boy is still inside me, I can feel him when I ride With the same old fire burning, the same old rebel pride He just needed bigger wheels To see what he could be [Instrumental] [Chorus] And oh, the freedom of this roaring iron horse A hurricane of power on an never-ending course The whole world is my highway, a story to be told The greatest adventure for a heart that's brave and bold A man on a machine And I'm finally in control
