Five Miles From Hope Songtext

You picked me up in our hometown Both knew we'd only stay there Barely long enough to tear our innocence down We had the same destination Both knew a different way there Flipped a coin, took a shortcut that you found (CHORUS) Then we drove as far as we could go You were holding to the wheel, I was hanging by the end of a rope Then we said goodbye about five miles from hope Five miles from hope Five miles from hope Should've grown up slower Shouldn't have scorned our little home town Could've found out so much more that way I thought it over and over Should've known there'd be a showdown Should've known we'd never outlive that day (CHORUS) With all the windows rolled down in your dad's new Cadillac Your hair cut short for the summer The best days we had crumpled in the back seat with the towels and the sand and the heat of your skin and it's much too easy to feel it all again Wouldn't have written this story Wouldn't have written this ending Couldn't have guessed so wrong if I tried (CHORUS)