[Verse 1]

My soul longs to follow lost Texas highways,

where Midnight headlights bend traffic sideways,

with Heavy winds in tow,

cruising down the interstate

past the Alamo

I know I should slow down

But my heart never learned to say no

Runaways don’t like turning around

So if you’re heading out

In the same direction I’m bound

Grab your bag and guitar —

let’s go find another town

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[Chorus]

Laredo’s still two hours farther

And the gas won’t last that long.

But if you get hungry just say the word —

We’ll hop off on a quick detour

and find what we’re searching for

at exit one one four, exit one one four

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[Verse 2]

I don’t know where we’re going

and maybe that’s the point

Somewhere señoritas shine

like gold Spanish coins.

where whiskey pours heavy like eyes at last call

Where outlaw country plays like a thief who still believes

Salvation drives southbound on a warm night breeze

spilling through a rolled down window pane.

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[Verse 3]

If it’s an ocean scene you’re hoping to see

then let’s bend this wheel east

Toward the Gulf where the border wind tastes like salt and release

We’ll catch the sunset bleeding fire into Brownsville skies,

White sands like Freeform poetry scattered wide

We’ll lie back in the warm tide

’til the waves pull night like a sheet over us

and the blacktop whispers softly to take us back

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[Outro]

Some say home is where your heart stays still

Mine only lives where the horizon always tilts

If you want to know what freedom feels like anymore

It’s the miles between us

and Exit one one four.