Underneath those lights

(oooh) There’s a dirt road past the old church sign,

Where the streetlights fade and the stars shine bright.

Got the windows down,

radio low, Taking the long way to where we used to go.

There’s a picture of us on the dash tonight,

Two kids laughing underneath porch lights.

Funny how a little bit of time can change

Everything you knew but never erase.

And I don’t know where these years will take us,

But there’s one thing I hope they don’t change us…

‘Cause I’ll still be driving down that same old road,

Still chasing sunsets where the cold wind blows.

Still hearing your voice when the night gets quiet,

Still looking at the stars when the moon gets bright.

Maybe someday we’ll look back and know

Those were the days we didn’t wanna let go.

If life takes us somewhere we don’t recognize,

I’ll meet you back there underneath those lights.

There’s a cooler in the back and a blanket in the bed,

A hundred little memories running through my head.

We were young enough

to think we’d never change,

Old enough to know some things don’t stay the same.

Your name still sounds like summer to me,

Like lake water, bonfires and seventeen.

And every time that old song comes on,

For three minutes, you’re not really gone.

Maybe we’ll be older,

maybe we’ll be far,

Maybe different people than we thought we’d become.

But if you ever miss the way it used to feel,

You know exactly where I’ll be.

I’ll be driving down that same old road,

Where the sunset turns the whole sky gold.

Windows down, letting that old song play,

Thinking ‘bout the nights we wished would never fade.

And if the years get heavy and the memories grow,

I’ll find my way back to where we used to go.

‘Cause some places aren’t places you leave behind— They’re pieces of you

that stay for life. (mmmmm)