carolina highway past boroughs and pines grace the roads right behind me every sign post reminds me my eyes have grown heavy my wheels drone on steady yeah in the heat of the wide the heat of the wide the wide afternoon i ve been here forever my whole life at least trapped between morning s optimism and nights fading gray haze here where it matters where reality looms in the heat of the wide the heat of the wide the wide afternoon this road was a drug when i started way back each hill that i killed was like a pill that i took to relax oh the peace in the valleys got a little too peaceful all the ridges i run and all that i done has left me with eyes full eyes full of the worst eyes full of the best eyes full of the tires won t that be rest all the places i go to no place is brand new in the heat of the wide the heat of the wide the wide afternoon i ve been here forever my whole life at least trapped between morning s optimism and nights fading gray haze here where it matters where reality looms in the heat of the wide the heat of the wide the wide afternoon some people sit still some people go fast some go right to it some never get past layin a map out they don t plan just assume and wind up forever in the heat of the wide the wide afternoon i ve been here forever my whole life at least trapped between morning s optimism and nights fading gray haze here where it matters where reality looms in the heat of the wide the heat of the wide the wide afternoon here where it matters where reality looms in the heat of the wide the heat of the wide the wide afternoon
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