steady steady you know when you re ready it s a long road walking into the sun the heat can make you lose your head your sense of direction oh steady steady i am ready to be the one i can take for better but for worse i can t condone most of our for good just makes me ache to be alone how long is forever i m swimming in this dress a child in her mother s clothes this ring around my finger s like a chain around my throat are you so sure you ve tamed me steady steady you know when you re ready it s a long road walking into the sun the heat can make you lose your head your sense of direction oh steady steady i am ready to run we talked about the west bout packing up our lives and hopes ain t it a shame with time our dreams turned into jokes i won t let that be us nostalgic for the good times like our dreams walked out on us like we woke up in an empty bed here and now we re stuck i ll chase them down alone don t just watch me go you fool run with me keep up keep up keep up it s not you i m leaving are you listening i just can t take the rut the rut i won t say i do til you promise me that though we re gray we can stay young and wild and free young and wild and free and if you can t don t blame me and if you can t don t blame me and if you can t don t blame me steady steady you know when you re ready it s a long road walking into the sun the heat can make you lose your head your sense of direction oh steady steady we weren t ready