[Verse 1]
Dust on the dash
Coffee in a paper cup
We don't talk much
But the windows stay rolled up
Your boots on the glass
Kicked up on my old seat
You’re scrolling through your past
While this highway swallows me
[Chorus]
Be my shotgun rider on the long way out
Singing off-key love to the radio loud
Yeah, we’re half messed up, half figured out
But we still hold on when the wheels throw doubt
If this all burns down, if the world gets quieter
I just wanna be your
Shotgun rider
[Verse 2]
Left your ring
In the pocket of my blue jeans
Said you’re sick of every small-town routine
I said, “Climb in,
We can outrun what they all think”
You laughed, said, “Boy, you can’t outrun your own dreams”
[Chorus]
Be my shotgun rider on the long way out
Singing off-key love to the radio loud
Yeah, we’re half messed up, half figured out
But we still hold on when the wheels throw doubt
If this all burns down, if the world gets quieter
I just wanna be your
Shotgun rider
[Bridge]
I rap my fears in a low drawl flow (uh)
You tap time on the dash real slow (yeah)
We trade scars like they’re barroom jokes
But the silence hits harder than the words we spoke
Say you’re scared I’ll stay the same
I’m scared you’ll go and change your name
Out where nobody knows my face
Would you still save me a place?
[Chorus]
Be my shotgun rider on the long way out
Singing off-key love to the radio loud
Yeah, we’re half messed up, half figured out
But we still hold on when the wheels throw doubt
If this all burns down, if the world gets quieter
I just wanna be your
Shotgun rider (shotgun rider)
Your shotgun rider (hey)
Yeah, if this all burns down, if the road gets tighter
I just wanna be your
Shotgun rider