Verse
I was twenty miles from nowhere
With a quarter tank of hope
You were laughing at the dashboard
Saying, “God, we’re getting old”
There was rain across the windscreen
There was static on the show
And you turned to me and whispered,
“Do you know where wild hearts go?”
Pre-Chorus
I said, I don’t know, I don’t know
But I know they don’t stay still
They keep running for the skyline
Even when they’ve had their fill
Chorus
So take me where the wild hearts go
Where the streetlights end and the tall grass grows
Where nobody cares what we’re running from
Only who we are when the morning comes
We’ve got two good hands and a beat-up soul
A little bit of fire we can’t control
If the whole world says we should take it slow
Take me where the wild hearts go
Verse
We had jobs we never wanted
We had rooms we couldn’t own
We were rich in bad decisions
And spectacularly broke
But you danced beneath a petrol sign
Like it was pouring gold
And I thought, if this is losing
I don’t ever want to know
Pre-Chorus
So let the good days come, let the bad days burn
Let the wheels keep turning round
We spent half our lives trying to fit somewhere
Maybe nowhere’s what we found
Chorus
So take me where the wild hearts go
Where the streetlights end and the tall grass grows
Where nobody cares what we’re running from
Only who we are when the morning comes
We’ve got two good hands and a beat-up soul
A little bit of fire we can’t control
If the whole world says we should take it slow
Take me where the wild hearts go
Post-Chorus
Oh-oh, where the wild hearts go
Oh-oh, nobody needs to know
Oh-oh, if there’s one road left
That’s the road I’m taking home
Verse
Now the years move quicker somehow
And the mirror tells the truth
There are names we don’t remember
There are nights we never lose
And whenever life gets heavy
Whenever I get cold
I can still hear you beside me:
“Do you know where wild hearts go?”
Bridge
They go laughing through the wreckage
They go dancing in the rain
They get lost and call it living
They get hurt and love again
They don’t need a destination
They don’t need a reason why
Give them one half-open window
And they’ll climb into the night
Chorus
So take me where the wild hearts go
Where the streetlights end and the tall grass grows
Where nobody cares what we’re running from
Only who we are when the morning comes
We’ve got two good hands and a beat-up soul
A little bit of fire we can’t control
And if growing up means letting that go
Then I don’t wanna know
Take me where the wild hearts go
Past the last small town, past the radio
With your feet on the dash and the windows low
Singing every word that we used to know
We’ve got one more night and an open road
A little bit of love and a heavy load
If the whole world says we should take it slow—
Take me where the wild hearts go
Outro
Oh-oh, where the wild hearts go
Oh-oh, where the wild hearts go
We might never find our way back home
But that’s where the wild hearts go.
