[Intro] Dust on the dashboard Sun in our eyes Old photographs trembling Where the lost years lie [Verse] There’s a bottle cap from Billy’s bar A ticket stub from Mara’s car A black guitar pick from a summer show Where we were young and didn’t know Cole found a picture under the seat Four dumb kids on a dead-end street Arms around shoulders, laughing hard Before the world started dealing cards [Pre-Chorus] Nobody spoke for a hundred miles The past came back with crooked smiles We used to swear we’d never change Now even our names feel strange [Chorus] There’s Dust on the Dashboard And ghosts in the glass We keep driving forward But we’re looking at the past Dust on the Dashboard Old dreams turning gray Some things you carry Even when you drive away [Verse] Mara said we had a band back then Billy played drums with two left hands Cole sang loud and out of key I wrote songs about being free We had no money, but we had time A rented garage and a homemade sign Now we’ve got wounds we never show And a highway asking where to go [Pre-Chorus] The sun fell low like a copper coin The silence cut where it used to join All of us older, none of us wise Seeing our youth in each other’s eyes [Chorus] There’s Dust on the Dashboard And ghosts in the glass We keep driving forward But we’re looking at the past Dust on the Dashboard Old dreams turning gray Some things you carry Even when you drive away [Instrumental] Clean guitar rings like a memory bell Lead guitar answers where the old words fell Drums keep rolling like a tired heart Bass holds steady while the years come apart [Bridge] I miss the boys we used to be I miss the girl who believed in me I miss the town before it learned To count the bridges that we burned Maybe the road don’t make you new Maybe it only shows what’s true Maybe freedom is a mirror wide With every scar riding inside [Breakdown] Old songs Old names Young hearts New blame One car One way Too much left to say [Build-up] Wipe the dust but it comes back fast Like every promise from the past Hold the wheel, let the silence break Some memories hurt because they still ache [Chorus] There’s Dust on the Dashboard And ghosts in the glass We keep driving forward But we’re looking at the past Dust on the Dashboard Old dreams turning gray Some things you carry Even when you drive away [Chorus] Dust on the Dashboard Four shadows in the sun We thought leaving town Meant the damage was done Dust on the Dashboard Truth in the light of day Some things you carry Even when you drive away [Outro] Dust on the dashboard Names in the grain The road keeps moving But the heart keeps the stain