You'd always take the backroads Straight shot... two lanes where the trees all look the same Dying to escape the deafening roar of the rumbling city trains Beachtown bound in May And every time that your world got strange You'd exit through the bedroom window Your daddy's keys in your hand You'd find that old black car And speed off into the saline dark Burning your tires... Running the lights like nothin' While you're riding around your beach town every night While you question your life... Will it amount up to something? When will ya learn it's a long slow burning fight? And you always fought me on this But I can't bear watching it When I reach out my hand you just slap it away again Must I remind you? I'm just trying to help Pull you out of your shell... pull you outta yourself But every time that the autumn came The exodus would leave you lonely And then the winter rain would shut you in for days I got a call in the night... they found that old black car by the inlet They said you left no trace Nobody knew where ya'd gone But I knew it wouldn't be long Til you'd keep Burning your tires... Running the lights like nothin' While you're riding around your beach town every night While you question your life... Will it amount up to something? When will ya learn it's a long slow burning fight? When will you learn it's a long slow burn?

Sitting by your lonesome You second-guess your jacket choice tonight Hiding behind your cloud of smoke Shivering under neon light Under neon light Honey, though I wanna get to know you Your name precedes your existence Now walk with me and I can show you There's more to this city than they tell you on the TV So, we spent the night trying to guess the years All our favorite films were from And I laughed at you As you counted on your thumbs Naming all your older brothers Though you only really like the one You claimed it was dressed in all good fun Though I wanna get to know you Your name precedes your existence Now walk with me and I can show you There's more to this city than they tell you on the TV