You’re Gonna Go Far

The only time I got to praying for a red light

Was when I saw your destination as a deadline

This is normal conversation, babe, it's all fine

Making quiet calculations where the fault lies

"This is good land," or at least it was

It takes a strong hand and a sound mind

The college kids are getting so young, ain't they?

They're correcting all the grammar on our spray paint

And I even gave up driving after nightfall

I got tired of the frat boys with their brights on

"This is good land," or at least it was

It takes a strong hand and a sound mind

A sound mind

It makes me smile to know when things get hard, ooh

You'll be far, ooh, you'll be far from here

That while I clean shit up in the yard, ooh

You'll be far, ooh, you'll be far, far from here

So pack up your car, put a hand to your heart

Say whatever you feel, be wherever you are

We ain't angry at you, love, you're the greatest thing we've lost

The birds'll still sing, your folks'll still fight

The boards'll still creak, the leaves will still die

We ain't angry at you, love, we'll be waiting for you, love

And we'll all be here forever

And we'll all be here forever, ooh

Sure will

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

We're overdue for a revival

We spent so long just getting by

But that's the thing about survival

Who the hell, who the hell likes living just to die?

You told me you would make a difference

I got drunk and shut you down

And it won't be of your own volition

If you step foot out of this town

But it's all we've had, for always

Oh, oh, oh

So pack up your car, put a hand to your heart

Say whatever you feel, be wherever you are

We ain't angry at you, love, you're the greatest thing we've lost

The birds'll still sing, your folks'll still fight

The boards'll still creak, the leaves will still die

We ain't angry at you, love, we'll be waiting for you, love

And we'll all be here forever

And we'll all be here forever

You're gonna go far

You're gonna go far

You're gonna go far

You're gonna go far

You're gonna go far (Yes, you are)

Ooh-ooh

If you wanna go far

If you wanna go far

Then you gotta go far

Then you gotta go far

You gotta go far