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I’ve got a car now
It was rusting through in my uncle’s front yard
I’ve got a car now
The check engine light goes on when you brake too hard
It’s got a hundred thousand miles
Been ‘round the world four times since it was new

I’ve got a car now,
And I never drove it once to see you.

You used to chase me
Up the wooden playscape bus at our school
You got a splinter
I got bench time, ‘cause climbing’s against the rules
And every single morning
I would hope that you’d come chase me again

I’ve got a car now,
But I preferred that bus back then.

And what was the point getting older?
Why wait ‘til we were grown-ups
With chapter books and work
To waste our time
When we could already be together
With worlds enough to conquer,
A dozen playground structures
Left to climb?

I’ve got a car now
It’s old and grey like Marty McFly’s
I’ve got a car now
And at eight years old, I might never have believed my eyes
And if I could drive back from the future
And tell him how things turned out to be

Well he’d like my car now
But I don’t know what he’d think of me.

I’d borrow Dad’s car
To come see you on the weekends back then
We might be happy
Or maybe we were fighting again
And we would fall asleep
And you’d wake me up
And I’d race home at dawn

I’ve got a car now
But that stretch of 95 still feels wrong.

We were no good for each other
You could always hurt me
And I could always let you down
That’s all I know
But it only drew us closer
Wrapped tight around each other
Dancing miles above the ground
Til we let go...

I’ve got a car now
It’s a ‘97 Camry sedan
I’ve got a car now
The insurance says that I’m a grown man
And when I thought about the future
I used to wonder
If we would be together then

But now I know

That I could drive another hundred thousand miles
And never dance in the air with you again.

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from Grown​-​Up Singer, released April 20, 2019

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