She said take me down where the road meets the river
This one horse town got me feeling like a prisoner on full lock down
And I wanna tunnel my way out

She said when school is out would you take me to the river?
And park way down where the drivers cannot see us
Turn the headlights out
I got some things I need to say aloud

She would light one up and burn it down
And run her mouth 'bout the boys in town
And how they'd push her around

We could burn our bridges, cut all ties
Stiff middle fingers for a last goodbyes
Would you take me now?

She said take me down where the road meets the river
My hearts' torn out and I'm full of piss and vinegar
She's on the ledge now
And needs a friend to talk her down

She said take me down where the road meets the river
But my cars' broke down it's the slave or master cylinder
So she clears on out
There ain't no stopping her now

And she was running on empty and hotter then hell
And her heads' gonna crack if they keep on driving her into the ground

We used to talk about climbing those walls and just taking flight
In a hail of bullets just like Bonnie and Clyde
Would you take me now?

When word got out that she had gone missing
I took a walk on out where she'd talk and I'd listen
And all I found
Were the cigarettes she burned down

On unsteady ground where the road meets the river
My heart pours out to her troubled disposition
And I took a look around
But she was nowhere

And as time goes by I still think about
If my wheels had of run could I have turned her around
And put her fire out?

There's a young man out there that I used to know
And he's still hoping that she found a way out on to the open road

She said take me down where the road meets the river
This one horse town got me feeling like a prisoner