County Road

[Verse 1]

Hey kid, where ya goin'

With those brand-new wheels you got?

You think you're gonna last forever

Forever says you're not

Won't you take me down this gravel road

And out a little ways?

Forget about this prison town

These goddamn summer days

Ever since you went away

Well, it's gotten bad round here

Sometimes I wanna see it burn

In my rearview mirror

You're so lucky you made it out

And you don't even know

But I still see your car driving up and down

County road

County road

County road

[Verse 2]

I've got this joint, let's go get high

And shoot a little dice

I'll pour some gin, you can buy me in

Oh, wouldn't that be nicе?

Ever since the storm camе through

Well, there's not much left to save

Developers, they bought your house

They're gonna tear it down in May

Keep waking up from this nightmare dream

Time cuts like a knife

I wish I could have back

What I didn't know were the best years of my life

Maybe I'm lucky, I'm already dead

And I don't even know

But I still see your headlights runnin' through the trees

Out on County road

County road

[Verse 3]

Remember when we got drunk

That time in Ontario

Listening to Warren Zevon

On the stereo

I keep thinking 'bout that very last night

When we went down to the bar

And even though you're no longer here

You'll never be that far

Hey kid, you know it's been

Three years since the change

The band broke up, the boys don't talk

And the city's rearranged

No one's lucky and no one's saved

And no one really knows

Why it was you who had to go down like that

Out on County road

Why it was you?

Why it was you?