Joyride

Engines thunder through midnight avenues
Where boys and girls get sad together
Burn out on bad luck and patiently surrender
To the tightening binds of our parents' lives
Slip under the covers
And let history become us overnight

Jenny, remember

When we were young and thought we could outrun
The plans we made with oblivion?
Beneath pool hall lights and neon signs
We held communion with the demoralized

The keys were in that car when we spilled out of the bar
Onto the midnight avenue

I can still feel the wind on my flushed face
And hear that Chevy engine roar
White knuckles and torn blue jeans
Your hair an auburn storm in the passenger seat
In the rear view mirror
The lights of our hometown disappear
Thunder Road on the radio
A fuel-injected sermon for the restless souls

Hey, that was you and that was me
Wild hearts on a dark street
Racing fate and placing faith in love and clemency

Jenny, remember?