Verse
Sun's going down across the field of gold
Your boots kicked up dust that I'd rather hold
You smile like the sunset over the barbed wire fence
And my heart is chasing after you like a wild thing with no sense
Porch swing creaking where we used to sit
You said maybe someday I'd be your husband, not just the kid down the street
Now I'm driving through this golden light
Trying to catch up before it turns to night
Pre-Chorus
Tell me if you feel it too
This whole town's burning gold like a fire we can't do without
Chorus
We're standing on the edge of our own golden ground
Every sunset looks more beautiful than the last, turning round
I don't wanna be just another country road
I want to leave my mark in this sun-soaked glow
Verse
You said you needed time to figure out who you are
But I already know that it's a boy with a guitar and a broken heart
Now I'm driving past the one room schoolhouse door
Wishing that we were walking out together, not alone anymore
Dad says the sun sets slower every year because he's growing older
Mama says it's just an excuse for him to stop working
But I know the truth, and it don't have nothing to do with time
It's you stepping out of your shadow like a long-awaited rhyme
Pre-Chorus
Tell me if you feel it too
This whole town's burning gold like a fire we can't do without
Chorus
We're standing on the edge of our own golden ground
Every sunset looks more beautiful than the last, turning round
I don't wanna be just another country road
I want to leave my mark in this sun-soaked glow
Bridge
Some folks say we won't make it out of these hills
But I know that's just their fear talking through the stills
This sunset's painting the whole sky red
And I'm not gonna let a few shadows in my head run ahead
Chorus
We're standing on the edge of our own golden ground
Every sunset looks more beautiful than the last, turning round
I don't wanna be just another country road
I want to leave my mark in this sun-soaked glow