From the recordings Heartland Stories and The Open Road
Description: Here we have a man with a mission—to live on the open road, because that’s where he finds the freedom to be what he wants to be. But as the song unfolds, he realizes that he still wants the girl he left behind but should never have let go. And so—just as decisively as he broke the relationship off—he decides that he’s going to get her back again, without giving up the open road. An obsessive tune, with a story that will have the audience rooting for love and loving the romance of the trucker’s life. If you are repping a country artist, you have to listen to this one.
Artist Fit: Zac Brown Band, Chris Stapleton, Dierks Bentley, Jackson Browne, Cody Johnson
Sync Keywords: Highway, travel, freedom, sunrise, journey, self-discovery, scenic drive
Lyrics
Loaded up in East LA,
Beat the bears outside of town,
Then I found the open road
Where it’s always hammer down.
God I love the open road,
Running hot and being free,
Nowhere else I want to go,
Nothing else I want to be.
But the wheat in Wichita
Is the color of your hair,
And it makes me think of home,
How it felt when you were there.
I love the open road
So much I didn’t see
There’s more to life than just
These 18 wheels and me.
I’ll get you back again,
It’s what I got to do,
Gonna find the open road
That takes me back to you.
I’ve loved others for a while,
And I promised you no more,
But telling you goodbye,
Wasn’t like it’s been before.
Cause I always see your tears,
On the windshield when it rains,
And I think of you for miles,
Even in the hammer lane.
I love the open road
So much I didn’t see
There’s more to life than just
These 18 wheels and me.
I’ll get you back again,
It’s what I got to do,
Gonna find the open road
That takes me back to you.