Highway Runner

Sunrise in the rearview

Coffee in a paper cup

Old scars on my knuckles

New town comin' up

Dust on my denim jacket

Name tag on the motel key

I only feel like someone

When the road keeps callin’ me

I’m a highway runner

White lines under my wheels

Chasin’ down another

Place to prove I’m real

I burn my doubts like summer

In the heat of the steel

I’m a highway runner

And I don’t know how to heal

Gas station glow at midnight

Grease stain on the map I fold

Phone full of missed connections

Heart full of half-told jokes

You said I’d die of distance

Said I’d drown in open sky

But I breathe best in the crosswind

With the past in my taillights

I’m a highway runner

White lines under my wheels

Chasin’ down another

Place to prove I’m real

I burn my doubts like summer

In the heat of the steel

I’m a highway runner

And I don’t know how to heal

If I stop

Will I vanish?

If I stay

Will I rust?

So I trade one more exit

For one more hit of trust (hey!)

I’m a highway runner

White lines under my wheels

Chasin’ down another

Place to prove I’m real

I burn my doubts like summer

In the heat of the steel

I’m a highway runner

Yeah

I’m highway real