[Verse 1]
A dirt road stretched beneath the stars,
Windows down, an old guitar,
The radio cracklin', singin' our tune,
July air, thick as honey,
Pockets light, but hearts so sunny,
We swore we'd never outgrow the moon.
[Chorus]
Summer nights and tail lights glow,
Chasin' dreams down roads we’d know,
Laughter echoed, loud and free,
We were wild, we were seventeen.
Time moved slow, but now I see,
It was racing faster than we believed.
[Verse 2]
The Dairy Queen lot was our parade,
Rusty trucks and lemonade,
Talkin' big like we owned the land.
The creek was cold, the bonfire high,
We’d tell our secrets to the sky,
And carve our names in the soft river sand.
[Prechorus]
We thought forever was ours to hold,
But summers fade, and we grow old.
[Chorus]
Summer nights and tail lights glow,
Chasin' dreams down roads we’d know,
Laughter echoed, loud and free,
We were wild, we were seventeen.
Time moved slow, but now I see,
It was racing faster than we believed.
[Bridge]
The scent of pine, the hum of crickets,
A thousand moments, now just snippets.
But I close my eyes, and I’m back there,
With the wind in my hair, the world so fair.