Verse
Gravel dust on my bare feet
Porch light buzzing, county heat
Cutoff jeans and a borrowed truck
Two dollar bills for a lucky duck
Sarah's laughing in the bed of the Ford
Screen door slamming, we don't knock no more
Fields on fire with the evening gold
Seventeen and we own the road
Pre-Chorus
Can you feel it climbing?
Sun won't quit its shining
Every clock in town done stopped somehow
So what are we waiting for now?
Chorus
Tailgate down, radio up
Sharing the last of a warm paper cup
Stars coming out like they're rooting for us
Tailgate down, radio up
This is the summer we can't get enough
Dancing on nothing but dirt and trust
Tailgate down, radio up
Verse
Sparklers dying in the dark blue air
Nobody's mama knows we're there
Bonfire sparks chase the Milky Way
Nobody's counting the hours away
Jake's got that old guitar out again
Strumming on chords he don't know the end
We're rich as kings with an empty tank
Running on hope and a gas station prank
Pre-Chorus
Can you feel it climbing?
Sun won't quit its shining
Every clock in town done stopped somehow
So what are we waiting for now?
Chorus
Tailgate down, radio up
Sharing the last of a warm paper cup
Stars coming out like they're rooting for us
Tailgate down, radio up
This is the summer we can't get enough
Dancing on nothing but dirt and trust
Tailgate down, radio up
Bridge
Someday these fields turn to parking lots
Someday we'll trade in these Augusts for clocks
But right now the crickets are singing our song
And nothing about tonight feels wrong
So hold my hand like the world might end
Bottle this up, save it for when
Chorus
Tailgate down, radio up
Sharing the last of a warm paper cup
Stars coming out like they're rooting for us
Tailgate down, radio up
This is the summer we can't get enough
Dancing on nothing but dirt and trust
Tailgate down, radio up
