[Verse 1]
Seat pulled up too close
Knuckles white on that old wheel
Granddad laughing low beside me
Saying
“Trust the way it feels”
Country road in the rearview
Mailbox names I used to know
Windows down
The world was bigger
Than this little town could show
[Chorus]
I was learning to drive
Didn’t know I was learning goodbye
Thought the road went on forever
Every summer
Endless sky
Now it’s all in the mirror
All those Sundays running past
I was learning to drive
Didn’t know time changes that fast
[Verse 2]
Grandma in the screen door
Waving like she always did
Coffee on the counter waiting
Calling me her “brave big kid” (oh yeah)
Stalled out at the four-way
He said
“Hey
We’ve got all day”
How was I supposed to know then
We don’t get to feel that way
[Chorus]
I was learning to drive
Didn’t know I was learning goodbye
Thought the road went on forever
Every summer
Endless sky
Now it’s all in the mirror
All those Sundays running past
I was learning to drive
Didn’t know time changes that fast
[Bridge]
I still take the long way home
Past their old house
Slow and quiet
Say their names under my breath
Like a song
I can’t deny it
[Chorus]
I was learning to drive
Didn’t know I was learning goodbye
Thought the road went on forever
Every summer
Endless sky
Now I chase what they gave me
Every mile
It pulls me back
I was learning to drive
Didn’t know time changes that fast
Didn’t know time changes that fast