[Verse 1] I used to brush it off like it didn't matter Dark clouds in the sky brother, let 'em gather Now it's all cuts a little deeper and has an effect Similar to what it is when gla** shatters So we drive like Kerouac use to do Smoking cigarettes, eating up junk food With both windows down and the stereo up We lift a coffee cut in the sun Leave behind the skyline Full of terracotta rooftops in a sh**box town Living in us too long All these suburbs sing their own proverbs And hold a million heart breaks in between the commerce And I can see it all for miles around I'm getting dizzy from the sight and sound At the top of the hill we stop and we chill Then boost, take time to get your head out the noose [Hook] You can let a good thing go by It might not happen again We can go where ever we like Sunshine on the window, yeah I said let's get in the car Maybe we could drive for days Nothing was built to last Get loose and fly away [Verse 2] I used to waste time like I'd live forever Always on the hunt to find something better Now it all shakes me up and I'm breathless It has an effect similar to something like an earth tremor The car's outside and the tank is full And to take time off is impractical
But we leave on a whim to do the damn thing Freedom in the air and the wind sings songs Of a generation pa**ed and present, the car is headed Along the coastline inland, up through the desert And we savour all the sights and the sound and moods And even eat the meat pies and the road house food And you can see what's up in rear view Get pumped up by the look of a clear view Out across the vista, kiss the stars in the night Brother, what a beautiful sight [Hook] [Verse 3] I used to place bets of my sanity Caught up in between the dream an the art and the parody Tryna figure out if it was meant to be For me to work and breed, buy a house and get married in it Just to be like they are on TV But those dreams never really seemed to fit And I've been jugglin' and jigglin' every day that I live And there's things that I just can't fix You were always telling me to take better care with it Don't rush a good thing or get scared of it Disconnect your telephone for a couple of days And hit the highway to watch the scenery change Responsibility it ain't nothing to fun from Some wrongs are right, some rights become wrong And every now and then when reality slip I take five and get away for a bit [Hook]