Rust and Thunder

(oh) Back roads

waking under worn-out tires

I came up

where the screen door slammed like thunder

Cheap gas, summer heat,

and a dashboard prayer

We learned our names from the dirt

and the river

Kept one hand on hope and the other in the air

Every mile said turn around But we only leaned in harder

Now the night is opening wide And I can feel it getting

larger We were born to run this broken line

Raise our hands and make the dark rewind

From the small-town sparks to the county

sky We come alive,

we come alive

tonight

Saw my friends

turn scars into silver

Saw my mother

work late

with a tired smile We carried dreams in the bed of a

pickup Drove them hard for another hundred miles If the rain comes

down, let it wash us clean If the wheels give out,

we'll still chase the dawn We got fire enough for one more

scene One more song to hold us on

We were born to run this broken line

Raise our hands and make the dark rewind

From the small-town sparks to the county sky

We come alive, we come

alive tonight

Come alive, come alive tonight Come alive tonight (oh oh)