Verse 1 Rust and gold on the midnight mile Years of hunger dressed in style Every dive bar turned to fire and flame Now the marquees know our name Pre-Chorus Every sleepless night, every empty show Built the road that lets the empire grow Chorus Star shine rise From the backseat dreams to the blinding lights Star shine rise Every mile was worth the fight Star shine rise From the broken roads to the royal skies Verse 2 Sweat and smoke in the diesel haze Cheap motels and the long dark days But the crowds got louder, the rooms got wide We learned to bleed and learned to shine Pre-Chorus Every sleepless night, every empty show Built the road that lets the empire grow Chorus Star shine rise From the backseat dreams to the blinding lights Star shine rise Every mile was worth the fight Star shine rise From the broken roads to the royal skies Bridge Hands in the air in a thousand towns Every lost soul wears a velvet crown We took the pain, turned it into gold Now the legend rides the open road Chorus Star shine rise From the backseat dreams to the blinding lights Star shine rise Every mile was worth the fight Star shine rise From the broken roads to the royal skies Outro Star shine… star shine rise Every mile a crown, every night a prize
