The only time I got to praying for a red light
Was when I saw your destination as a deadline
"This is normal conversation, babe, it´s all fine"
Making quiet calculations where the fault lies

This is good land, or at least it was
It takes a strong hand and a sound mind

The college kids are getting so young, ain´t they?
They´re correcting all the grammar on a spray paint
And I even gave up driving after nightfall
I got tired of the frat boys with their brights on
This is good land, or at least it was
It takes a strong hand and a sound mind

It makes me smile to know when things get hard
Ooh-ooh, you´ll be far
Ooh-ooh, you´ll be far from here
And, while I clean shit up in the yard
Ooh-ooh, you´ll be far

Ooh-ooh, you´ll be far, far from here

So, pack up your car, put a hand on your heart
Say whatever you feel, be wherever you are
We ain´t angry at you, love
You´re the greatest thing we´ve lost
The birds will still sing
Your folks will still fight
The boards will still creak
The leaves will still die
We ain´t angry at you, love
We´ll be waiting for you, love

And we´ll all be here forever
And we´ll all be here forever
We sure will

We´re overdue for a revival

We spent so long just getting by
That´s the thing about survival
Who the hell  who the hell likes livin´ just to die?
You told me you would make a difference
Well, I got drunk and shut you down
It won´t be by your own volition
If you step foot outside this town
But it´s all we´ve had
For always

So, pack up your car, put a hand on your heart
Say whatever you feel, be wherever you are
We ain´t angry at you, love
You´re the greatest thing we´ve lost
The birds will still sing
Your folks will still fight
The boards will still creek

The leaves will still die
We ain´t angry at you, love
We´ll be waiting for you, love

And we´ll all be here forever
And we´ll all be here forever

You´re gonna go far
You´re gonna go far
You´re gonna go far
You´re gonna go far
Yes, you are
(Ooh-ooh)
If you wanna go far
Then you gotta go far