Verse
Tailgate down on a gravel shoulder
Radio static and a Georgia moon
Your bare feet up on the busted cooler
Fireflies keeping time to a borrowed tune
Seventeen and we own the whole horizon
Windows down till the engine starts to steam
Nothing but crickets and the sound of tires
Chasing a summer we won't let leave
Pre-Chorus
So what if the map runs out
What if the dark won't end
What if this is the only town
We ever need again
Chorus
It's neon and dirt roads, whiskey-warm July
Sparklers in the ditches, writing names across the sky
We're barefoot, we're reckless, we're never gonna fold
Neon and dirt roads, nineteen and gold
Verse
Parking lot lit up like a carnival
Cherry slush running down your wrist
Jukebox glow through a diner window
Counting stars we're never gonna miss
Back roads braided like a secret we keep
Corn fields whispering when the engine dies
Two silhouettes on a water tower
Watching August burn across the sky
Pre-Chorus
So what if the summer ends
What if we can't stay this young
What if right here, right now
Is the only forever we've got
Chorus
It's neon and dirt roads, whiskey-warm July
Sparklers in the ditches, writing names across the sky
We're barefoot, we're reckless, we're never gonna fold
Neon and dirt roads, nineteen and gold
Bridge
Someday we'll be gray and far
From this bench seat, this beat-up car
But I'll still taste the peach and tar
The night we swore we'd never park
This life, this town, this dashboard light
Was every dream I got right
Chorus
It's neon and dirt roads, whiskey-warm July
Sparklers in the ditches, writing names across the sky
We're barefoot, we're reckless, we're never gonna fold
Neon and dirt roads, nineteen and gold
Neon and dirt roads, forever young and bold
