[Verse 1]
The asphalt had a pattern of cracks I knew by heart
Like a map of every summer, before we grew apart
had the porch light that flickered slow
While the cornfields was the only king we’d know
We measured out our lives in the distance between the curbs
Writing stories in the oil stains, too young for better words.
[Chorus]
Oh, take me back to Bryan Street
Where the tar stayed warm beneath my feet
Where the world was only five blocks wide
And we had nothing left to hide
Just a lake view road with a heavenly view
On Bryan Street, when the world was new.
[Verse 2]
I can still hear the screen doors slamming like a drum
The sound of neighbor voices and the evening’s distant hum
The ghosts of old dirt bikes laying up against the shed
Back when every scraped-up knee was a major consequence
We were racing for the sunset before the streetlights buzzed
Trying to stay exactly the way that we once was.
[Bridge]
The names have changed on the mailboxes now
And the hedges grew too tall
But if I closed my eyes, I’d bet somehow
I’d still recognize it all.
[Chorus]
Oh, take me back to Bryan Street
Where the tar stayed warm beneath my feet
Where the world was only three blocks wide
And we had nothing left to hide
Just a lake view road with a heavenly view
On Bryan Street, when the world was new.
[Outro]
Yeah, it’s just a line upon a map
A little quiet neighborhood gap
But it’s where I learned to be me...
On Bryan Street.