Sunset Highway Romance

[Verse 1]
Gas pump humming in the pink-day fading, bugs in the neon light
Sun-baked map folded on my dash, torn edges curling, soft with time
You walked out the station door, black boots, brass buckles catching firelight
Little leather suitcase swinging, saying you were “headed anywhere but mine”
[Verse 2]
Dust on your hem and a ring-shaped tan where love used to sit
You asked me, “Got room in that rusted Ford for one more runaway?”
I laughed through a cracked front tooth, said, “Girl, you ain’t seen rust till you see this truck’s bed”
But your eyes were two coins in a jukebox, begging the night to play
[Chorus]
Sunset highway romance, burning like a long last chance
Tail-lights glowing while the sky turns red and gold
Sunset highway romance, we don’t even know our plans
But we’re leaning on the wind, letting go, letting go
[Verse 3]
Motel signs flicker like they’re winking at the sins they’ve seen
Your bare feet on my dashboard, chipped blue paint on your nails, tapping time
Radio static, then a distant beat, like heart gears turning clean
We sang made-up words to a melody half out of tune and half divine
[Prechorus]
Is this the start or just a rest stop dream?
You said, “Don’t name it, just let it be.”
[Chorus]
Sunset highway romance, burning like a long last chance
Tail-lights glowing while the sky turns red and gold
Sunset highway romance, we don’t even know our plans
But we’re leaning on the wind, letting go, letting go

and mandolin; four stacked female vocals in tight, country, disco, reverse swells, celtic, airy harmonies that bloom in the chorus; verses stay more acoustic and intimate, reverb-soaked whistle melody for a dreamy, shimmering textures; sprinkle in clockwork-style percussion, pulsing kick with layered synth bass and washed-out pads; glitchy arps and side-chained lead keys weaving with dobro, alternative country, choruses open into wide, dubstep, and a distant, edm, punk, mid-tempo, bluegrass, traveling-night atmosphere., fiddle