well lightnin was fallin straight out of the sky but we ain t ever gonna die seems like forever weve been drivin this same road but we aint ever growin old well scrubland for miles was all that there was and none of us knew anythin of love the river of rain down the backseat window was floodin and i was on bout horses n hungry for somethin well why they d put a highway through this god forsaken land how am i to use these god forsaken hands what kind of fool makes a life out here with the tumbleweeds what kind of fool am i gonna turn out to be well black thunder claps gettin nearer to the ground tires beatin down the interstate n slippin through this town no storm gonna stop us i was makin such good time the burden of sea captains went out of my mind well lightnin was fallin straight out of the sky but we ain t ever gonna die seems like forever weve been drivin this same road but we aint ever growin old