[Intro] [band Off‑mic] Yeah Yeah We’re still here You alright out there tonight? (woo!) I said—are you alright out there tonight? (yeah!) Alright This one’s for every fool Who ever chased something that ran faster than they did [Verse 1] Ran my shoes down to the wires Chasing shadows on a wall Traded Sunday morning laughter For a backstage curtain call All those cigarettes and motels Names I never learned to say Left some golden hearts behind me On a two‑lane One‑way [Chorus] Did I waste my life on empty dreams? Or did those dreams waste me? If I had that road to walk again Would I change a single street? I lost a lot of love Years of good times Slipped right through the seams Tell me Would I do it different Or still go all‑in on empty dreams? [Verse 2] Missed my brother’s brand‑new baby Missed my father growing old I was singing for the strangers They were trading me their gold Got a box of faded posters Where my wedding photos should be Got an echo where a home was And it still sings back to me [Chorus] Did I waste my life on empty dreams? Or did those dreams waste me? If I had that road to walk again Would I change a single street? I lost a lot of love Years of good times Slipped right through the seams Tell me Would I do it different Or still go all‑in on empty dreams? [Bridge] [crowd clap Stomp] Hey—who here’s ever thrown it all away? (yeah!) For something you could never quite hold? (woah) Sing it with me then Four chords Forty towns Same high Same come‑down Same face In the crowd I was king I was lost I knew every single cost Still I paid it Paid it loud [Chorus] Did I waste my life on empty dreams? Or did those dreams waste me? If I had that road to walk again Would I change a single street? I lost a lot of love Years of good times Slipped right through the seams Tell me Would I do it different Or still go all‑in on empty dreams? [Outro] [crowd singing the line back] Empty dreams (same old road, same old road) Empty dreams (would I do it, do it, do it the same?) Empty dreams [crowd roar Band hits final chord]
