Fireflies in the Fenders (Version 2)

Verse

Engine's low and the headlights fade

Fenders rust like salt on shade

Barefoot in the gravel drive

You still know every line I've tried

Dust devils spin where your shadow goes

I don't remember when we stopped counting years

Your hand on the radio dial, moving slow

I count the stars but they don't show

What's inside my chest right now, wide open

It's not a map or a sign or a promise

Sunrise crawling through the smoke tree

Fading blue in your eyes at me

Pre-Chorus

So is this where we draw the line?

Or is it just another night like all the rest?

I don't know which one I want to hold onto, but I know this much –

If this doesn't feel like home, then nothing else ever will

Chorus

Fireflies in the fenders, burning bright and fast

You are my own wild country where every road leads home at last

We may not stay here till the sun comes up on high

But I'm exactly where I'm meant to be with your hand still holding mine

Verse 2

Engine coughs like a tired man's sigh

Your boots in the dirt, your eyes ask me why

I told you once we'd chase this sunset low

Now it's here and nothing's what I thought I'd know

You take my hand across this worn-out seat

Fenders fading but you're still so bright and sweet

This old truck's full of ghosts that used to be

But none of them look like you, wild as can be

Your palm in mine, we sit here in the haze

Counting stars but the only one I see is your face

I thought I'd find my way back home tonight

But it turns out it was right here with you all along, shining bright

Pre-Chorus

So is this where we draw the line?

Or is it just another night like all the rest?

I don't know which one I want to hold onto, but I know this much –

If this doesn't feel like home, then nothing else ever will

Chorus

Fireflies in the fenders, burning bright and fast

You are my own wild country where every road leads home at last

We may not stay here till the sun comes up on high

But I'm exactly where I'm meant to be with your hand still holding mine

Bridge

It's not a place we'll ever leave behind

This is just us, this old truck, this one highway in time

Every road that split us wide apart still brings us right back here

Where the only map we need to read is your face and these fireflies we find

Chorus

Fireflies in the fenders, burning bright and fast

You are my own wild country where every road leads home at last

We may not stay here till the sun comes up on high

But I'm exactly where I'm meant to be with your hand still holding mine