Where We Used To Go

We pulled out before the sunrise,

Two coffees sitting in the cupholders,

You had your feet up on the dashboard,

I had one hand on the wheel.

You were talking ’bout the things you wanted,

I was smiling, listening along,

Funny how a road can take you somewhere

While reminding you where you came from.

So let’s go back to where we used to go,

Down that gravel road we both know.

Where the lake was cold and the nights were long,

Where we’d sit around that fire singing songs.

You were just a kid with the whole world ahead,

I’d tell you stories while you laid your head Against the window,

watching the miles roll by.

Yeah, those were the days I wish could slow down time.

If I could take you anywhere,

son, you know

I’d take you back to where we used to go.

We stopped at that little gas station,

Got two sodas and a bag of chips,

You said, “Dad, remember when we came here?” I said,

“Yeah, I remember it.” You don’t know how much those little moments

Mean to a father getting older,

Watching the little boy in the rearview Turn into the man sitting

beside me.

Someday you’ll have a little boy Who’ll ask you where the road

goes.

You’ll probably take him somewhere That nobody else knows.

And when he falls asleep beside you Like you used to in

my truck, You’ll finally understand Why those old days meant so much.

So let’s go back to where we used to go,

One more time before the years roll on.

Same old road, same mountains,

same sky, But you’re not that little boy by my side.

You’ve grown up, but I’ll always see

That kid looking back at me.

And if life’s a road we can’t control,

I’ll take every mile as long as you’re close.

‘Cause every place we’ve ever been Is a place I’d gladly go

again. If I could take you anywhere,

son, you know I’d take you back to where we used to

go.

Yeah, maybe the best part of the road

Wasn’t where we went… It was getting there with you.