Rust Never Sleeps 5

Verse

Dusty highway sign says Ashwood 12 miles south of nowhere

Radio's tuned to a station fading in and out

Old truck rattling down gravel that nobody sweeps

Windows rolled down catching what the headlights don't keep

Soda bottles clinking on the dashboard floor

Cigarette smoke curling where the speakers used to be before

I traded my summer for this open road

Nothing but diesel fuel and a map I know

Pre-Chorus

So what do you say we let it fade away

Let the whole world forget our names tonight

No clock on the dash, just headlights and haze

This is the only freedom that feels right

Chorus

Rust never sleeps but we don't need it to shine

Dirt in our tires, stars on a borrowed line

Tailgate down where the fields still glow orange

We'll dance through headlamps like this is the only song

Rust never sleeps but we won't slow down tonight

Every mile just another mile away from the light

Verse

Gas station attendant pouring change onto a cracked counter

Told me the bridge up north don't carry weight no more

I ain't checkin' the mirror, I'm already gone

Static in my pocket where the highway starts to hum

Bonfire smoke and engine grease on a t-shirt tonight

Nobody's watching but we're dancing like it's all right

Pre-Chorus

So what do you say we let it fade away

Let the whole world forget our names tonight

No clock on the dash, just headlights and haze

This is the only freedom that feels right

Chorus

Rust never sleeps but we don't need it to shine

Dirt in our tires, stars on a borrowed line

Tailgate down where the fields still glow orange

We'll dance through headlamps like this is the only song

Rust never sleeps but we won't slow down tonight

Every mile just another mile away from the light

Bridge

Someday this tank'll run dry and the engine will stall

But I'm not leaving till morning, that's a promise to us all

So don't you go thinkin' about tomorrow tonight

Just give me your hand and let the rust turn into lights

Chorus

Rust never sleeps but we don't need it to shine

Dirt in our tires, stars on a borrowed line

Tailgate down where the fields still glow orange

We'll dance through headlamps like this is the only song

Rust never sleeps but we won't slow down tonight

Every mile just another mile away from the light