(Verse 1)The dust settles down on this dead-end streetAnother morning waking up to the same concreteThey tell you to stay where the roots grow deepBut there’s a promise in the dark that you’ve got to keepSo pack up the trunk and don't look backYour destiny is waiting past the railroad track(Pre-Chorus)They’ll call you crazy when you chase the sunBut your story hasn't even begunYeah, the road is long and the wind is coldBut you’ve got a fire that can’t be sold(Chorus)You gotta go farYou gotta go farYou gotta go hardYou gotta go hardLeave a trail of sparks in the midnight skyDon't you dare look down, don't you ask them whyYou gotta go farYou gotta go farYou gotta go hard(Verse 2)The rearview mirror shows the town asleepBut you’ve got promises to yourself to keepThe doubters will talk when you find your strideLet the engine roar with the rising tideIt takes a heavy weight to forge a diamond stoneAnd nobody ever made it by staying home(Pre-Chorus)They’ll call you crazy when you chase the sunBut your story hasn't even begunYeah, the road is long and the wind is coldBut you’ve got a fire that can’t be sold(Chorus)You gotta go farYou gotta go farYou gotta go hardYou gotta go hardLeave a trail of sparks in the midnight skyDon't you dare look down, don't you ask them whyYou gotta go farYou gotta go farYou gotta go hard(Bridge)(Tempo slows down, stripped back to just a stomping boot and acoustic guitar)When your boots get heavy and your knuckles bleedRemember the hunger and remember the needYou didn't come this way just to break or bendEvery open road has a beautiful end(Building up, drums kicking back in)Yeah, every open road has a beautiful end!(Guitar Solo - Fast, driving, triumphant)(Chorus)You gotta go farYou gotta go farYou gotta go hardYou gotta go hardLeave a trail of sparks in the midnight skyDon't you dare look down, don't you ask them whyYou gotta go farYou gotta go farYou gotta go hard(Outro)Yeah, you gotta go far...(You gotta go hard)Past the city lines, past the old backyardYou gotta go farYou gotta go hard(Fade out on a single, ringing acoustic guitar strum)
