You picked me up in our hometown

Both knew we'd only stay there

Barely long enough to tear our innocence down

We had the same destination

Both knew a different way there

Flipped a coin, took a shortcut that you found

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Then we drove as far as we could go

You were holding to the wheel, I was hanging by the end of a rope

Then we said goodbye about five miles from hope

Five miles from hope

Five miles from hope

Should've grown up slower

Shouldn't have scorned our little home town

Could've found out so much more that way

I thought it over and over

Should've known there'd be a showdown

Should've known we'd never outlive that day

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With all the windows rolled down in your dad's new Cadillac

Your hair cut short for the summer

The best days we had crumpled in the back seat with the towels

and the sand and the heat of your skin

and it's much too easy to feel it all again

Wouldn't have written this story

Wouldn't have written this ending

Couldn't have guessed so wrong if I tried

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