Down the Road

Down the Road
© 2025 Mitchell Scott — All rights reserved.

Lyrics

I saw you on the corner, in that short red leather jacket
Looking lost and disbelieving, and I knew you couldn't hack it
Just trying to make your way

As I drove down all the back roads, I realized I was lucky
Just a guy without much going except my skills to carry on
My heart was heavy but unspoken, like the gravel under tread
I kept driving through the questions echoing inside my head

My old rust bucket pick up, doing 30, 35
Thinking that I had it all, it's good to be alive
I couldn't help but think of you standing on that corner
So much about your life, had to be a lie

When June turned to September, I thought of you and remembered
So I jumped into my pick up, took a little ride
I found you on that corner, you saw me driving by
Hope flashed through your emptiness, I waved for you to climb inside

Down the road, we saw the sunrise, then we saw it set
Down the road, we found our reasons, chased what we hadn't yet
Down the road, we kept believing, though we barely knew the way
Down the road, we were living — we'll drive the road another day

We made our way across the country, past the rivers wide and steep
Shared stories under starlight, secrets we once buried deep
You laughed like it was breathing, then you cried and let it out
I held your hand in silence — that's what love is all about

Your blond hair turned back to auburn, you remembered how to smile
And remembered you were beautiful — I’d known it all the while
The mirror stopped — it’s lying, your eyes found the you I’ve come to see
You were finally seeing you the way I always knew you’d be

You told me of the battles
I told you about my scars
You said, “I never thought I’d make it”
I said, “Look how far we are”

Down the road, we saw the sunrise, then we saw it set
Down the road, we found our reasons, chased what we hadn't yet
Down the road, we kept believing, though we barely knew the way
Down the road, we were living — we'll drive the road another day

Now the miles keep on rolling, but I know you're here to stay
We got on the road as strangers — now we’re never lost again