Where the Blue Road Bends

[Verse 1] You took the wheel past mile marker twenty-nine With a paper map folded under your knee The radio found an old summer station And you said, “tell me where you want to be” I said, “maybe a harbor with boats we can borrow A small-town festival somewhere out west We can learn every road by the shape of the shoreline And leave the rest to whatever comes next” [Pre-Chorus] The guardrail flashed silver beside us Your hand found mine without looking down Two names on a rental agreement And the whole wide coast for a hometown [Chorus] Take me where the blue road bends Where the ocean keeps opening up again We’ve got a tank half full and a year to spend No map can tell us where this begins If tomorrow is calling, let it call from ahead We’ll chase that sound till the daylight ends You and me, with the salt in the air And a little more world than we had back there [Verse 2] We stopped by a lookout above big sur To watch a freighter turn slow in the haze You sketched an arrow on the back of a ticket Pointing south through the eucalyptus shade You wanted to sleep in a town with no traffic I wanted to sail before summer was gone We traded our plans like stories at midnight And found they were better when written as one [Pre-Chorus] The wind came rushing through the open windows Tangled your hair and lifted your voice Every mile put a spark in the silence Every turn made the future a choice [Chorus] Take me where the blue road bends Where the ocean keeps opening up again We’ve got a tank half full and a year to spend No map can tell us where this begins If tomorrow is calling, let it call from ahead We’ll chase that sound till the daylight ends You and me, with the salt in the air And a little more world than we had back there [Bridge] Maybe we’ll miss the last ferry north Maybe we’ll laugh and sleep by the shore Maybe the plans we carried this morning Will be the plans we don’t need anymore I don’t need a promise carved in stone Just your voice saying, “keep driving on” [Final chorus] Take me where the blue road bends Where the ocean keeps opening up again We’ve got a tank half full and a year to spend No map can tell us where this begins If tomorrow is calling, let it call from ahead We’ll chase that sound till the daylight ends You and me, with the salt in the air And a whole new life waiting somewhere out there [Outro] Somewhere out there, past the last sign Your hand in mine and the coastline wide