Road Signs Always Look Better

he says he's tired of working overtime
and troubles weighing on his mind in class.
he said he'd like to pack his bags and run away,
and never look back.

he says 'this life of mine's like doing time
for crimes that i didn't commit.
and if life is just a game, i'm on the losing team -
and i just want to quit'.

and she says 'we can take this weekend,
drive out past city limits,
keep on driving just
as far as we can go.
and maybe when we get back,
things will seem a little better,
things will work out in a way we couldn't know
a way we couldn't know.'

he says he's tired of working overtime
and troubles weighing on his mind in class.
he said he'd like to pack his bags and run away,
and never look back.

he says 'this life of mine's like doing time
for crimes that i didn't commit.
and if life is just a game, i'm on the losing team -
and i just want to quit'.

she says 'we can take this weekend,
drive out past city limits,
keep on driving just
as far as we can go.
and we can take this weekend,
and make it last forever,
deal the shackles of our lives a breaking blow.

because to run away is victory,
a tank of gas is freedom,
and a starry night and open road is hope.

we can take my fast car,
or maybe just close our eyes,
and when we open them the world we want
can be the world we know.'