(Verse 1)
Rust on the hood, but she still runs mean
Cherry red ghost of my seventeen
Stereo cracked, but it still screams
Our old songs through the smoke and the dreams
Leather seats smell like summer and sin
Her laugh still echoes when I turn that key again
Headlights cut through the years gone by
Chasing shadows down that yellow line
(Pre-Chorus)
Every mile is a rewind tape
Every town, another heart I break
But she’s the one I can’t escape
That Mustang knows my pain
(Chorus)
Old Mustang, take me home
Back to the nights we were never alone
Gasoline hearts and radio flames
Two lost kids with the same damn name
Burning out where the past still sings
In my old Mustang
(Verse 2)
Dashboard cracked like the life I’ve led
But she forgives me every time I’m red
Ashtray full of what I couldn’t forget
And her ghost riding shotgun again
Moonlight falls on the chrome and scars
Like a prayer whispered to dying stars
I’d give it all just to feel her hand
Hanging out that window again
(Pre-Chorus)
Every road bleeds into our song
I hit the gas when I feel wrong
The rearview shows where we belong
But it’s gone, it’s gone
(Chorus)
Old Mustang, take me home
Back to the nights we were never alone
Gasoline hearts and radio flames
Two lost kids with the same damn name
Burning out where the past still sings
In my old Mustang
(Bridge)
She said don’t grow up, don’t slow down
But I did when she left town
Now it’s just me and this ghost machine
Running red lights through old dreams
(Final Chorus)
Old Mustang, drive me blind
Through the heartache, through my time
Every roar’s a memory screaming
Every gear’s a piece still bleeding
Yeah, I’d trade my soul just to hear her sing
In my old Mustang