Nebraska

Over all those miles we found something that would slowly burn No one ever told us in this life that we could've learned The thing that we were after Could only have been found on the road so long Nebraska slipped away into the moonless milky night When the sun caught up to us, it bathed the car in golden light The air there tasted new And I'm so glad to have seen it all with you, my friends I can only hope to see it again We'll get back together when the time is right and we are old Enough to have found understanding and the strength to hold Onto what we need All we need is the love in each other's eyes The world all seemed a city made of bricks and planted trees We stretched to look over the wall so we could clearly see That there wasn't any secret There was only the love in our eyes I would never call those lies Tell me it's gone Don't tell me it's dead Tell me the weight of the colors you keep in your head Tell me what's right Don't tell me what's wrong We caught a glimpse of the world and it stayed for so long Where we oughta drive to now, I don't know I couldn't tell you Is love the thing to hold in the heat when it isn't new The lake will freeze again Maybe when it does we will all fall through Fenders bend and break, desert heat, it's so mechanical Knowing what's at stake, walk these streets, human animal I can't help but wonder If any of us will ever find it there I will always know the smell of her hair Tell me it's gone Don't tell me it's dead Tell me the weight of the colors you keep in your head Tell me what's right Don't tell me what's wrong We caught a glimpse of the world and it stayed for so long So long Its not simple, it's not easy, it's the way things roll ahead It's the never ending show, these are all things that we said But we never could have known how the world would turn Who we all would become Trees are all aflame once more with autumn's quiet passion People who we knew and loved have been reduced to ashes Unraveling our younger years Searching for signs that we know will come Still, we know the day is not done Tell me it's gone Don't tell me it's dead Tell me the weight of the colors you keep in your head Tell me what's right Don't tell me what's wrong We caught a glimpse of the world and it stayed for so long So long