Freeway

Coffee in a paper cup Crumbs on the passenger seat Playlist stuck on one old song Sun climbing out of the wheat Speeding past a paper town Name I’ll forget in a mile Wind grabs the corner of a map Folds it into a smile Freeway Take me where I’m going Or somewhere I ain’t planned to be White lines keeping time and flowing Like a river under me I don’t know if I’m running Or rolling toward something true Freeway Every mile I’m losing A little more of you Billboards selling perfect lives Blue eyes over fresh-cut lawns I’m counting exits like regrets Watch them vanish Then they’re gone Talked big about leaving town But quiet when I packed my shoes Now the rearview’s full of pieces Of a life I couldn’t choose Freeway Take me where I’m going Or somewhere I ain’t planned to be White lines keeping time and flowing Like a river under me I don’t know if I’m running Or rolling toward something true Freeway Every mile I’m losing A little more of you Headlights flicker in the distance Strangers chasing their own ghosts oh All of us in separate stories Sharing the same road Freeway Take me where I’m going Or somewhere I ain’t planned to be White lines keeping time and flowing Like a river under me I don’t know if I’m running Or rolling toward something new Freeway Every mile I’m leaving Makes me closer Farther From you