[Verse 1] Man oh man Where they all coming from Steel frame skeletons Reaching at the sun Apartments packed like ant hills Glass eyes staring down the corn They paved over our tire tracks Where our Friday nights were born [Chorus] What happened to the back road racing Mud hole digging Hearts on fire Tailgates dropping Crickets singing Dust in our lungs That old desire Now it’s warehouses here Warehouses there Great big boxes full of air Be damned Ain’t nobody in there Back road ghost town Everywhere [Verse 2] Used to hear a V8 holler Soon as the daylight died Now it’s quiet parking lots And a humming exit sign They put condos on the clay pit Turned the bonfire field to stone Pulled the soul out of this county Left us standing here alone [Chorus] What happened to the back road racing Mud hole digging Hearts on fire Tailgates dropping Crickets singing Dust in our lungs That old desire Now it’s warehouses here Warehouses there Great big boxes full of air Be damned Ain’t nobody in there Back road ghost town Everywhere [Bridge] I still know a cut-through lane Past the rusted county line (oh yeah) Where the ruts remember names And the stars still shine [Chorus] So here’s to the back road racing Mud hole digging Hearts on fire Tailgates dropping Crickets singing One more lap around that wire They can stack those walls up anywhere Fill the skyline Choke the air But our tracks are still out there Back road ghost town If you dare
