[Acoustic Guitar Picking And Strumming In 60s folk style, with tambourine accents]
Verse 1 — Caroline
Gas station coffee in paper cups
Three hours sleep and the highway cuts
Through red rock canyons, morning pale
Your Martin sings like a nightingale
I count the miles in guitar picks lost
Wonder if the music’s worth the cost
Verse 2 — Daphne
You left a note on the motel mirror:
“Meet me where the desert disappears”
So I drove till the radio quit
Singing your verses, bit by bit
Two drifters chasing a radio wave
Trying to save what the other gave
Chorus — Both
Oh, these road cases hold our lives
Silver strings and alibis
Every town’s a one-night prayer
But I find you waiting there
In the hum between the songs we sing
Road cases and silver strings
Verse 3 — Caroline
First bad review in a Denver rag
Said we were “dust bowl nostalgia in drag”
You laughed and carved our names in the dash
Of that broke-down van with the busted stash
Said “Let ‘em talk while the wheels still roll
We’ve got gold running through our souls”
Verse 4 — Daphne
Soundcheck echoes in an empty hall
Your shadow harmonizes on the wall
I never believed in destiny
Till your voice found the rest of me
Now the road don’t feel so long
When you’re the verse to my chorus song
Chorus — Both
Oh, these road cases hold our lives
Silver strings and alibis
Every town’s a one-night prayer
But I find you waiting there
In the hum between the songs we sing
Road cases and silver strings
Bridge — Daphne speaks, Caroline answers on guitar
Daphne: What if we never make it home?
Caroline: Then home’s the backseat, you and me alone
Daphne: What if the songs stop coming?
Caroline: Then we’ll live inside the humming
Final Chorus — Both, bigger
Oh, these road cases hold our lives
Silver strings and alibis
Every town’s a one-night prayer
And I’m glad you’re waiting there
In the hum, in the ache, in everything
Road cases and silver strings
Outro — Both, fading
Just road cases… and silver strings…
Just you and me… and everything…
