American Rust

That backstop on the old ballfield's Made from grade-A Pennsylvania steel It's been sittin' there since 1951 And that Shell's been on the corner Since Coke was glass and gas was a quarter And that water tower's seen ten thousand suns You start thinkin' you can love her that long And fix you up a little ranch house home Well, some things just keep on gettin' better with time That Chevrolet still tears up clay but lost its shine She'll crank that radio and sing "Strawberry Wine" And when you fall in love, there's a cloud of dust And a dream that's made of American rust That diamond ring your grandpa gave To grandma way back in the day Is the one you're bound to use when you find the one And that church bell that they rang back then Is the same one they'll be ringing When you both say that you do until life's done And fix you up a little ranch house home Makin' babies 'til you have to add on and on and on, yeah Well, some things just keep on gettin' better with time That Chevrolet still tears up clay but lost its shine She'll crank that radio and sing "Strawberry Wine" And when you fall in love, there's a cloud of dust And a dream that's made of American rust Friday night tears, yellow school bus Bud light beers and blue clear skies Green John Deeres, ain't it just like us To stick around here like American rust Mmm, American rust Well, some things just keep on gettin' better with time That Chevrolet still tears up clay but lost its shine She'll crank that radio and sing "Strawberry Wine" And when you fall in love, there's a cloud of dust And a dream that's made of American rust Mmm, American rust