**Verse 1**
There’s a half-pack burnin’ in the console light
Dust on my boots from another long night
FM static and a cracked-up dash
$20 in the tank and I’m makin’ it last
You called me reckless, I called it free
Small-town sinners chasing big city things
Got a rusted-out Chevy and a heart full of scars
Still outrunnin’ demons underneath these stars
**Pre-Chorus**
Yeah we were broke as hell
But we felt rich back then
**Chorus**
Cheap gas and expensive dreams
Backroad smoke and busted blue jeans
Windows down with the radio loud
Tryin’ to make our little nowhere town proud
We had late nights and gasoline kisses
Talkin’ ‘bout all the things we were missin’
Yeah life moves fast but we held on tight
Cheap gas and expensive dreams all night
**Verse 2**
Sunset drippin’ off a water tower sky
You were shotgun queen with the fire in your eyes
Beer cans rattlin’ in the truck bed floor
Young enough to want a little bit more
County line flying at 2 AM
You and me and a world that never fit in
Every wrong turn somehow felt right
Burnin’ through tomorrow in the middle of the night
**Pre-Chorus**
Yeah we swore someday
We’d get outta this place
**Chorus**
Cheap gas and expensive dreams
Backroad smoke and busted blue jeans
Windows down with the radio loud
Tryin’ to make our little nowhere town proud
We had late nights and gasoline kisses
Talkin’ ‘bout all the things we were missin’
Yeah life moves fast but we held on tight
Cheap gas and expensive dreams all night
**Bridge**
Now the bars close earlier than they used to
And half my friends got kids and a mortgage too
But every now and then when the sun sinks low
I still hear your voice on them old dirt roads
**Final Chorus**
Cheap gas and expensive dreams
Still got dirt underneath my feet
Still chasing songs through the Texas wind
Still losing sleep over where I’ve been
Backroads burning like a memory flame
Some things die but the wild stays the same
Yeah we were young, wild, broke, and free
Running on fumes and a midnight dream
**Outro**
Cheap gas…
Expensive dreams…
Backroads and sunsets, baby
That’s still home to me.
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