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The skies were pure and the fields were green |
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And the sun was brighter than it's ever been |
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When I grew up with my best friend Kenny |
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We were close as any brothers than you ever knew |
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It was always summer and the future called |
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We were ready for adventures and we wanted them all |
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And there was so much left to dream |
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And so much time to make it real |
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But I can still recall the sting of all |
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The tears when he was gone |
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They said he crashed and burned I know I'll never learn |
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Why any boy should die so young |
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We were racing, we were soldiers of fortune |
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We got in trouble but we sure got around |
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There are times I think I see him peeling out of the dark |
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I think he's right behind me now and he's gaining ground |
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But it was long ago and it was far away, |
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Oh God it seems so very far |
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And if life is just a highway, |
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Then the soul is just a car |
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And objects in the rear view mirror |
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May appear closer than they are |
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And objects in the rear view mirror |
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May appear closer than they are |
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And objects in the rear view mirror |
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May appear closer than they are |
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And objects in the rear view mirror |
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May appear closer than they are |
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And when the sun descended and the night arose |
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I heard my father cursing everyone he knows |
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He was dangerous and drunk and defeated |
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And corroded by failure and envy and hate |
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There were endless winters and the dreams would freeze |
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Nowhere to hide and no leaves on the trees |
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And my father's eyes were blank |
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As he hit me again and again and again |
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I know I still believe he'd never let me leave, I had to run away alone |
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So many threats and fears, so many wasted years |
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Before my life became my own |
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And though the nightmares should be over |
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Some of the terrors are still intact |
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I'll hear that ugly coarse and violent voice |
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And then he grabs me from behind |
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And then he pulls me back |
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But it was long ago and it was far away, |
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Oh God it seems so very far |
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And if life is just a highway, |
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Then the soul is just a car |
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And objects in the rear view mirror |
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May appear closer than they are |
| [04:26.35] |
And objects in the rear view mirror |
| [04:29.49] |
May appear closer than they are |
| [04:34.35] |
And objects in the rear view mirror |
| [04:37.27] |
May appear closer than they are |
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And objects in the rear view mirror |
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May appear closer than they are |
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There was a beauty living on the edge of town |
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And she always put the top up and the hammer down |
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And she taught me everything I'll ever know |
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About the mystery and the muscle of love |
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The stars would glimmer and the moon would glow |
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I'm in the back seat with my Julie like a Romeo |
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And the signs along the highway all said, |
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Caution! Kids At Play! |
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Those were the rights of spring and we did everything |
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There was salvation every night |
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We got our dreams reborn and our upholstery torn |
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But everything we tried was right |
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She used her body just like a bandage, |
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She used my body just like a wound |
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I'll probably never know where she disappeared |
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But I can see her rising up out of the back seat now |
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Just like an angel rising up from a tomb |
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But it was long ago and it was far away, |
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Oh God it seems so very far |
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And if life is just a highway, |
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Then the soul is just a car |
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And objects in the rear view mirror |
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May appear closer than they are |
| [07:27.76] |
And objects in the rear view mirror |
| [07:30.89] |
May appear closer than they are |
| [07:35.79] |
And objects in the rear view mirror |
| [07:39.40] |
May appear closer than they are |
| [07:43.91] |
And objects in the rear view mirror |
| [07:47.01] |
May appear closer than they are |
| [07:51.74] |
And objects in the rear view mirror |
| [07:54.61] |
May appear closer than they are |
| [07:59.35] |
And objects in the rear view mirror |
| [08:02.20] |
May appear closer than they are |
| [08:06.74] |
And objects in the rear view mirror |
| [08:09.66] |
May appear closer than they are |
| [08:14.34] |
And objects in the rear view mirror |
| [08:17.17] |
May appear closer than they are |
| [08:21.90] |
And objects in the rear view mirror |
| [08:24.56] |
May appear closer than they are |
| [08:29.32] |
And objects in the rear view mirror |
| [08:32.05] |
May appear closer than they are |
| [08:52.67] |
And objects in the rear view mirror |
| [08:55.39] |
May appear closer than they are |
| [09:00.37] |
And objects in the rear view mirror |
| [09:03.25] |
May appear closer than they are |
| [09:08.20] |
And objects in the rear view mirror |
| [09:11.24] |
May appear closer than they are |
| [09:16.08] |
And objects in the rear view mirror |
| [09:19.12] |
May appear closer than they are |
| [09:24.13] |
And objects in the rear view mirror |
| [09:26.75] |
May appear closer than they are |
| [09:31.70] |
And objects in the rear view mirror |
| [09:34.78] |
May appear closer than they are |
| [09:41.03] |
She used her body just like a bandage, |
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She used my body just like a wound |
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I'll never know where she disappeared |
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But I can see her rising up out of the back seat now |