Blacktop Ghost Run

[Verse 1] They came in east on Eighteen With a busted grill and no sleep One name on the logbook One stack of bills in the seat Cold coffee, red mud On a map folded small Two rigs and a promise To outrun the law [Verse 2] The blacktop was empty Past the bean fields and the brakes A moon like a pocket knife Hanging over the chain She said, keep it steady He said, watch the line With the CB crackling low And the load tucked tight [Pre-Chorus] County sirens behind them Headlights in the glass Every mile was a prayer now Every bridge they passed [Chorus] Run, run, blacktop ghost run (blacktop ghost run) Two outlaw truckers And the whole night gone Run, run, blacktop ghost run (blacktop ghost run) If you ask who got away They say no one knows, son [Verse 3] At the river crossing They killed the engine quick He cut the seal with a key blade She hid the slips in the ditch No hero talk, no smiling Just the breath in their teeth Then they rolled like a rumor Through the cane and the wheat [Pre-Chorus] County sirens behind them Headlights in the glass Every mile was a prayer now Every bridge they passed [Chorus] Run, run, blacktop ghost run (blacktop ghost run) Two outlaw truckers And the whole night gone Run, run, blacktop ghost run (blacktop ghost run) If you ask who got away They say no one knows, son [Bridge] By dawn they were legends On a diner wall in ink Two names in a coffee ring And a story people drink One said, “I saw ’em” One said, “I heard the horn” But the road kept their secret From the day they were born [Final Chorus] Run, run, blacktop ghost run (blacktop ghost run) Two outlaw truckers And the whole night gone Run, run, blacktop ghost run (blacktop ghost run) If you ask who got away They say no one knows, son [Outro] No one knows, son Just the dust and the chrome Blacktop ghost run Bringing midnight home