County Line Sign

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County Line Sign lyrics

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Verse 1

Stain on the sleeve from a radiator leak Couch in the alley where the upholstery is weak We spent forty nights trying to fix the front gate Left the porch light buzzing till the hours got late You were tracing the lines where the drywall cracked I was loading the truck with the things we packed Nobody called to say the winter arrived But the water froze up where the ivy survived We just left the keys on the laminate floor Never heard the click from the deadbolt door

Pre-chorus

The meter outside is still turning slow Counting the things that we didn't know The dashboard is cold but the ignition sparks We pull out of the driveway just as the sky darkens

Chorus

It takes a long time to get back to real It takes a long time to feel what you feel We are driving past the county line sign Leaving everything we built behind Yeah it takes a long time

Verse 2

Gas station coffee in a styrofoam cup The rearview mirror shows the dust rising up You don't talk about the job that you left at the docks Or the three months missing from the kitchen clock There's a rattle in the dashboard that won't go away Like a secret we keep from the start of the day We just pull the visors down against the glare Acting like the highway is the only thing there Negative space in the passenger seat Where the old maps fold and the edges meet

Pre-chorus

The static on the radio is starting to clear Sifting through the names that we used to hear The engine is humming a familiar tune Underneath the shadow of a mid-day moon

Chorus

It takes a long time to get back to real It takes a long time to feel what you feel We are driving past the county line sign Leaving everything we built behind Yeah it takes a long time

Bridge

The asphalt doesn't care about the promises made Or how many colors in the canopy fade You just reach for the dial and you turn it up loud We are hiding the storm underneath a cloud It's just mile marker numbers on a green metal plate And a pocketful of change at the turnpike gate

Chorus

It takes a long time to get back to real It takes a long time to feel what you feel We are driving past the county line sign Leaving everything we built behind Yeah it takes a long time

Outro

Just the tires on the pavement Just the lines on the road Yeah it takes a long time

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