Taking Flight

[Verse 1: Rodney Crowell] We were somewhere east of Hattiesburg On a lonely stretch of nightmare Gas gauge screaming empty, headlights in a fog Two refugees from Greenville in line to wind up roadkill With a parakeet named Chester and a one-eyed spotted dog [Verse 2: Rodney Crowell] We’d been plowing through each day like so much Mississippi red dirt Burning with no purpose save get out while we still can Hell bent past the point of no return and going nowhere With the best of good intentions, one more line drawn in the sand [Chorus: Rodney Crowell] Taking flight, forget about tomorrow Wrong or right, the chips are gonna fall Taking flight, going nowhere ‘til we get there Next time Hell starts freezing over, we’ll be sure to give a call [Verse 3: Ashley McBryde] So we got our education from a backwoods country station Proof that there’s a world out there came wrapped up in a song Riding high on one wing and a foxhole prayer might get you there But ten won’t get you twenty if you bet your money wrong [Verse 4: Rodney Crowell, Ashley McBryde] I never was the smartest, but I didn’t try to hide it But that don’t mean you get off light for leaving me alone We were twenty feet from stardom, now you’re staring down post-partum An unwed mother soon to be that small voice on your phone [Chorus: Rodney Crowell & Ashley McBryde] Taking flight, forget about tomorrow Wrong or right, the chips are gonna fall Taking flight, going nowhere ‘til we get there Next time Hell starts freezing over, we’ll be sure to give a call Next time Hell starts freezing over, do be sure to give a call Be sure to give a call