Driving with the radio on

27/05/2020 - Iso Well-Being Compilation

 

When we started out, we had no plan.

We just cranked the radio and began to drive.

The open road stretching out before us,

Above us open sky.

 

We were born to run, never dragging out a stay.

If we’d been there a week it was a day too long.

But the next stop might be just down the road

Or a hundred miles further on.

 

We could never afford a little red corvette,

Making do with this dusty panel van,

Stickers adorning the once white paint

Showing all the places we’ve been.

 

Sometimes it felt like a road to nowhere

But somewhere was always around the bend

And the fun was in the getting there

As much as in the destination.

 

We could take it easy any time we wanted

Or live like life was an adventure.

There were no rules to live by

And we took each day as it came.

 

Home was the back of the van,

A mattress and a suitcase that’d seen better days

Along with a bar fridge and camp stove,

It was all we ever needed back then.

 

We were on the road, again,

The windows down and the wind in our hair.

Singing at the top of our voices

Until we were so hoarse we couldn’t speak.

 

Were we runnin’ on a dream?

I think we probably were, you know.

Not a care in the world to hold us back

And nowhere we had to be.

 

They say that life is a highway

But I prefer the dirty back roads,

The ones that aren’t on any map

And you don’t know where they go.

 

We’d get people ask us if we knew the way

And we’d laugh and shake our heads.

We didn’t even own a map

Or remember where we’d just been.

 

Too often we were running on empty

Just praying for somewhere to get fuel

Sometimes rolling in to town on fumes

But we always made it in the end.

 

I drove all night so you could sleep,

And you’d drive all day.

We made it clear across the country

And all around it as well.

 

I called you the king of the road

And I was your mighty queen,

We owned the desert tracks

And the twisted jungle paths.

 

We were going the distance,

We didn’t care how long it would take,

We had forever to get where we were going

And eternity to make it back.

 

The wide, open road called to us,

And the narrow, cliff top way.

We looked out over the mountains

And up at sparking waterfalls.

 

We stood like explorers upon solid rock,

And bogged the tyres in virgin sand.

We braved the rain and fog and sleet,

And braved the ice with chains.

 

We would run to paradise

Every chance we had,

And we’ve never stopped running

Ever single day a new chance to go.

 

We have to chase that feeling every day,

It never, ever gets old.

And I don’t know if we’ll ever catch it,

But there’s forever to find out.

 

Maybe everyday is a winding road,

And which one you take is up to you.

Just make it your own adventure

And make the soundtrack to your life.

 

So, turn up your radio all the way to ten,

And make the best of this life you have

Because it’s the only one you’ll get

And it’d be a shame to waste away.

 

There’s no highway to hell,

Just views that will blow your mind.

We didn’t need anything besides fresh air,

We were high on life.

 

My happiness has always been behind the wheel

And I’ll be here ‘til the day I die.

I couldn’t ask for anything more

Than you to be the DJ by my side.