[Verse 1] We were two kids raising hell Before we knew what hell could do Cheap beer underneath the bleachers Running wild like young fools do We knew every back road shortcut Every place the cops wouldn't go Thought we'd live forever laughing With nowhere we had to be tomorrow You and me were cut from trouble Always looking for another round If somebody said, “Don't do it” We'd already have it figured out [Pre-Chorus] Then somewhere growing up The same road split in two I kept running with the rebel You kept running from something in you [Chorus] I was headed down the same road With the pedal to the floor Thinking nothing could ever touch me I'd been lucky all along Then one phone call stopped me cold And shook everything I knew I found the straight and narrow At the end of losing you You never knew you saved me You were already gone But I turned around that night And somehow carried on Yeah, I found the straight and narrow On the road that ended you [Verse 2] Life scattered us like autumn leaves You went yours and I went mine Years could pass without a phone call But you were still a friend of mine I heard pieces through the grapevine Heard the streets had pulled you in Every time somebody mentioned you I'd say, “He'll find his way again” I didn't know how deep you'd fallen Didn't know how bad it'd gotten then Sometimes distance makes believing What we want to believe easier, friend [Pre-Chorus] Then somebody said your name In a voice I'd never heard And before they finished talking I already knew the words [Chorus] I was headed down the same road With the pedal to the floor Thinking nothing could ever touch me I'd been lucky all along Then one phone call stopped me cold And shook everything I knew I found the straight and narrow At the end of losing you You never knew you saved me You were already gone But I turned around that night And somehow carried on Yeah, I found the straight and narrow On the road that ended you [Bridge — stripped down] For a long time I felt guilty That I got another chance Like somehow I had stolen The years you never had Then I finally understood it Standing where we used to run I couldn't change your ending But I could change what mine became So I put down some old habits Walked away from who I'd been And every time that road comes calling I remember where yours ends [Final Chorus — building] I was headed down the same road You were only miles ahead Till the news of where it took you Put the fear of God in me instead And I can't say where I'd be now If I hadn't heard the truth Maybe somebody'd be standing At a stone that bears my name too So I took the straight and narrow Though I've stumbled here and there And every mile I've gotten Is a mile we never shared You never knew you saved me That's the hardest damn truth I got to keep on living Because I learned from losing you [Outro — close, almost spoken] We were two kids raising hell Certain we'd both make it through You never got to see me change But brother... Part of the man I became Still belongs to you.
