[Verse 1] Well, I saw you standing by the county line A little sweet tea break Thunder speakin’ in a tongue untamed And the whole sky leaned your way Your laugh hit hard like a screen door slam Bare feet in the dust and hay I knew right then, in that summer heat We’d never be the same [Pre-Chorus] Oh, we were wild and free No map, no fence, no plan Just a heart on fire And a spark in your hand [Chorus] We were young, we were young Running blue into the sun We were young, we were young And we never came undone County line, county line Take me back to that light We were young, we were young And the whole world felt alive [Verse 2] You wore that denim like a promise kept I wore my nerves on my sleeve Past the old red barns and the gravel road We were more than we could see The June rain came with a holy roar On the roof like a thousand drums You said, “Go on, don’t look back now” And I ran where the wild wind runs [Pre-Chorus] Oh, we were lightning-quick A match in the Carolina dark Every summer scar Was a brand-new start [Chorus] We were young, we were young Running blue into the sun We were young, we were young And we never came undone County line, county line Take me back to that light We were young, we were young And the whole world felt alive [Bridge] Now the years go by like a river road But I still see your face In the porchlight glow and the cotton fields In the wreckage and the grace So if you hear that storm roll in If you feel that runaway song Meet me where the first stars burn That’s where we both belong [Final Chorus] We were young, we were young Running blue into the sun We were young, we were young And we never came undone County line, county line Take me back to that light We were young, we were young And the whole world felt alive We were young, we were young Let it ring out, let it run We were young, we were young And the whole world felt alive
