Take the Long Way

[Куплет 1] You trace the old blue line across the mountain pass With a paper map folded beneath the glass Every mile marker flashes silver in the heat And the radio finds a song with a restless beat [Алдынғы қайырма] You don't need a sign carved into stone The road keeps saying, go on, go on [Қайырма] Take the long way where the wild grass bends Past the blacktop ending and the county fence Let the compass spin, let the daylight choose There are more horizons than you ever knew If your heart says forward, let it pull you through [Куплет 2] A hawk turns slowly over fields of yellow grain The hills fold out like waves without a name You laugh when the highway narrows down to two Like the world got wider just to make room for you [Алдынғы қайырма] No perfect plan, no promised view Just open ground and something new [Қайырма] Take the long way where the wild grass bends Past the blacktop ending and the county fence Let the compass spin, let the daylight choose There are more horizons than you ever knew If your heart says forward, let it pull you through [Көпір] Maybe courage is a quiet kind of flame Not a shout, not a trophy, not a name Just one more turn when the map runs thin One more breath, and you begin again [Final chorus] Take the long way where the wild grass bends Past the blacktop ending and the county fence Let the compass spin, let the daylight choose There are more horizons than you ever knew If your heart says forward, let it pull you through Let it pull you through [Аутро] The road keeps opening The road keeps opening