INTRO Driving down the highway, Endless whiteline. Hardly any traffic. Wipers beating time. VERSE 1 You’re in the passenger seat, Lost somewhere in old stories. Fog drifting in the headlights, Rainclouds hanging low over me. Yet above all this heavy darkness, The blue waits patiently. CHORUS And the hum of the tyres brings yesterday near, Country roads, sunlight clear. Tickweed yellow in a warm summer breeze, Stirring branches high in the trees. So much road behind, so much road ahead, And I just keep driving. VERSE 2 I remember walking for miles, With Mum, my brothers, and my sister beside me. Running barefoot through fields of gold, Picking wildflowers — we weren't very old. Colours too many to count in that place, No reason for any of it, Just the smile on Mum's face. CHORUS And the hum of the tyres brings yesterday near, Country roads, sunlight clear. Tickweed yellow in a warm summer breeze, Stirring branches in the trees. So much road behind, so much road ahead, And I just keep driving. BRIDGE Miles settling deep in my bones. Cities. Country towns. Motel rooms that could never be home. We think of things we'd like to say, But the beat of the music...........carries it away. VERSE 3 The semi I passed twenty miles back Comes roaring through the muddy spray. Its taillights blur into the morning light, As the darkness gives way to day. I think about pulling over,............ But dawn is already on its way. FINAL CHORUS And the hum of the tyres carries me on, Night is fading, the dark near gone. Tickweed golden along the roadside bend, My love beside me, like a dear old friend. So much road behind, so much road ahead— And I just keep driving. Yeah… I just keep driving. OUTRO Blue sky opening. Tyres, set the tone. Road unwinding. It’s taking me home.
