Roadmap

It only takes one chance
But you’ve got to take it
All that good luck baby
Well you gotta make it
I got my paycheck today
A hundred forty dollars
We could stretch ’til we break or
Find a new path to follow

What do you see out there
Lights from distant houses
Can’t punch a clock that hard
Don’t you ever doubt it
It’s time to look for something
That we wouldn’t want to lose
I’d put it all behind us
            If you would just ask me to

We can take our time
There’s no place we have to be
If we lose our way for a while I won’t mind
We’ll get there eventually
We’ve just got to take that first step
Follow the yellow dotted line
I’ll be your roadmap
Baby, if you’ll be mine

My brother’s in Portland
So we could head out west
Up north or Mexico
Whichever you think best
We can take the dog with us
I think he’d enjoy the trip
We can swim in the ocean
                                Or at least walk beside it

There’s a million places
Better than this old town
Can’t make up for lost time
When you keep losing ground
So wipe your eyes, find a pen
And write your mom a letter
She loves you, she’ll understand
Why you want something better

We can take our time
There’s no place we have to be
If we lose our way for a while I won’t mind
We’ll get there eventually
We’ve just got to take that first step
Follow the yellow dotted line
I’ll be your roadmap
Baby, if you’ll be mine

You can’t tell me this is all there is
That you don’t want so much more than this
It’s better to be lost than stuck in your tracks
Let’s leave tonight and never look back