Verse
I grew up where the sky went on forever,
Out where one gravel road just turned into another.
You could drive half the night and never leave the dark,
Just yard lights and the radio and dogs that’d bark.
I still remember seeing you that summer fair,
Dancing with your friends like you didn’t have a care.
The band was half a beat behind and the beer was warm,
But somehow you made that old hall feel less worn.
Pre-Chorus
We were both looking for something we couldn’t name,
Funny how some roads and some people do the same.
Chorus
So let’s take the highway to the heart,
Past the elevators standing lonely in the dark.
Leave the ghosts and the old mistakes where they are,
Somewhere out beyond the last farmyard.
Oh, take the highway to the heart,
Where the cold winds blow but they don’t hit as hard.
Under these prairie stars, no matter where we are,
We’ll find our way along the highway to the heart.
Verse
Your voice comes back like a train in the distance,
Some things fade away, some keep their persistence.
I’ve seen August dust and January snow,
Seen fields turn gold and watched them let go.
Back then I thought love was getting somewhere fast,
Now I think it’s more about what lasts.
It’s coffee in the morning and a hand to hold,
When the winters get long and the furnace gets old.
Pre-Chorus
Every mile behind us tells a different tale,
But we’re still heading west whenever we can.
Chorus
So let’s take the highway to the heart,
Past the elevators standing lonely in the dark.
Leave the ghosts and the old mistakes where they are,
Somewhere out beyond the last farmyard.
Oh, take the highway to the heart,
Where the cold winds blow but they don’t hit as hard.
Under these prairie stars, no matter where we are,
We’ll find our way along the highway to the heart.
Bridge
There’s a light way out there where the land meets the sky,
Could be somebody’s farmhouse, could be another life.
And I don’t need to know exactly where it goes,
Just knowing it’s there is enough, I suppose.
The world’s gotten bigger than we ever planned,
But I still feel at home when you reach for my hand.
Like those harvest lights moving slow across a field,
The things worth keeping don’t always shout what they feel.
Chorus
So let’s take the highway to the heart,
Past the elevators standing lonely in the dark.
Leave the ghosts and the old mistakes where they are,
Somewhere out beyond the last farmyard.
Oh, take the highway to the heart,
Where the cold winds blow but they don’t hit as hard.
Under these prairie stars, no matter where we are,
We’ll find our way along the highway to the heart.
Outro
The night’s rolling in and the dashboard glows,
We’ve still got a little farther left to go.
You lean your head against my shoulder in the dark,
And we keep rolling down that highway to the heart.
Yeah, just rolling down that highway to the heart.
