Lyricist : Noah Kahan/Todd Clark

Composer : Noah Kahan/Todd Clark

Air in my lungs 'til the road begins

As the last of the bugs leave their homes again

And I'm splittin' the road down the middle

For a minute, the world seemed so simple

Feel the rush of my blood, I'm seventeen again

I am not scared of death, I've got dreams again

It's just me and the curve of the valley

And there is meanin' on earth, I am happy

Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh

Oh, oh, oh

Passed Alger Brook Road, I'm over the bridge

A minute from home, but I feel so far from it

The death of my dog, the stretch of my skin

It's all washin' over me, I'm angry again

The things that I lost here, the people I knew

They got me surrounded for a mile or two

The car's in reverse, I'm grippin' the wheel

I'm back between villages, and everything's still

"When I, for me personally

I found a town big enough for anything that I want

I mean, I'm not a city girl, ha-ha-ha, by any means"

"Strafford, it still has a lot of meaning to me

Because I grew up there

Well, I guess it's a small— (Ah, ah, ah-ah, ah-ah)

A small community of, uh, people that really look out for each other (Ah, ah, ah)

And that's the same way with anybody that needs anything

This— this community is there to help"

Ah, ah, ah

Ah, ah, ah

Ooh (Woah)

Ah-oh

The things that I lost here, the people I knew

They got me surrounded for a mile or two

Left at the graveyard, I'm driving past ghosts

Their arms are extended, my eyes start to close

The car's in reverse, I'm grippin' the wheel

I'm back between villages, and everything's still