Side of the highway Rain pouring down And I can't remember where I was Headed to now Red stone on the dashboard My head in the clouds I get in my lane And baby I don't want to get out Can't take it for granted When you feel this alive Give a nod to the crosses All along the roadside It's hard to imagine that I didn't want to learn how to drive Roll down the window now Just to let in the sky Radio on and my left foot tappin' The things I know and the things I imagine The people I've seen in the cars I'm passin' Rearview mirror and the red lights flashin' Oh please lord don't let it happen Sunlight on the canyon Thin layer of snow A bullet hole in a motel window And a burnin' mobile home And the wheel in your hand Is the only thing you control The world's just whippin' on past you Like a line of telephone poles The gasoline in the air I'm breathin' The things I doubt and the things I believe in The feeling you have when it's more than a feeling The city I trust, and the city I'm leavin' Oh maybe we'll just call it even There's a crack in my windshield And I'm hopin' it holds There's a crack in everything I hold close to my soul And the woman I'm next to She'll never get old I'll never forget you on American roads