Burning Turnpike

My hands locked tight on the wheel

You cut left, I cut harder

Rearview full of red and dust

Tires spit fire on the blacktop

I see your taillights shake

Like a pulse about to break

Radio gone to static

But my heart is automatic

I lean into the turn

Steel teeth, let the pavement burn

Your shadow clips the ditch line

I’m right there on your bumper

Hold on

Don’t look back

Hear that sound

It’s too damn fast

Hold on

We don’t sleep

This road knows

How to keep a secret

Run, run, run

Don’t let go

Run, run, run

Down this road

Run, run, run

We’re alive

Run, run, run

Barely, but tonight

Fence posts blur to a whip-crack streak

Mud on the fenders, blood in my teeth

You throw sparks on the guardrail kiss

I hit the gap and I make it fit

One wrong move and we both go down

Glass in the air like a crown of knives

I’m not afraid of the engine scream

I’m afraid of you getting clean away from me

You got a plan, I got a grudge

You got the lane, I got the rush

I’m close enough to read your face

And it says you know you lost this race

Hold on

Don’t look back

Hear that sound

It’s too damn fast

Hold on

We don’t sleep

This road knows

How to keep a secret

Run, run, run

Don’t let go

Run, run, run

Down this road

Run, run, run

We’re alive

Run, run, run

Barely, but tonight

Now the engine’s begging

Now the world gets small

One lane, one breath

One wrong turn, that’s all

You hear me coming

You know this end

If I catch that shadow

We both might bend

Run, run, run

Don’t let go

Run, run, run

Down this road

Run, run, run

We’re alive

Run, run, run

Barely, but tonight

Run, run, run

Feel that steel

Run, run, run

Make it real

Run, run, run

Till the dawn

Run, run, run

Then the chase is gone