Nothin' but time here on my hands
And these steel strings on my fingertips
I press my mouth up to the mic
Wish I was kissin' on your sweet red lips
And the hard part about leavin'
Is that I can't lie that I love bein' gone
'Cause I'm addicted to the dream
And heartaches make for one heck of a song

Dirt roads and highways, truck stops and cafes
Long stretch of highwire and little white lines
Sawdust and dance halls, first shots and last calls
Beneath the glow of all those neon signs
Yeah, I'm runnin' down a melody
To give it the words and set it free
And tryin' not to write it all wrong
I just wanna livе the kinda life
That's gonna make for onе heck of a song

Like that one time out in LA
Me and the boys went out for the night
And old Hollywood and his three friends
Came in the Troubadour lookin' for a fight
So we went out back to the alley
And let's just say that it didn't take too long
I guess we could have walked away
But that don't make for one heck of a song

Dirt roads and highways, truck stops and cafes
Long stretch of highwire and little white lines
Sawdust and dance halls, first shots and last calls
Beneath the glow of all those neon signs
Yeah, I'm runnin' down a melody
To give it the words and set it free
And tryin' not to write it all wrong
I just wanna live the kinda life
That's gonna make for one heck of a song

Yeah, I keep howlin' at the moon and shootin' for the stars
Along this lonely road of broken dreams and passin' cars
Of those hard lessons learned
one thing I've found that's true
When I'm followin' my heart
it always leads me back to you

Dirt roads and highways, truck stops and cafes
Long stretch of highwire and little white lines
Sawdust and dance halls, first shots and last calls
Beneath the glow of all those neon signs
Yeah, I'm runnin' down a melody
To give it the words and set it free
And tryin' not to write it all wrong
I just wanna live the kinda life
That's gonna make for one heck of a song

Girl, the hard part about leavin'
Is that I can't lie that I love bein' gone
'Cause I'm addicted to the dream
And heartaches make for one heck of a song