Summer won't wait

(Verse 1)

We rolled out at dawn with nothing to prove

Left behind everything we couldn’t move

Sunlight kissed your faded tattoos

And for a moment, I swore we couldn't lose

You laughed like you hadn’t in years

Told me silence used to sound like fear

But now it’s wind through a cracked car door

Freedom etched in miles, nothing more

(Chorus)

There’s dust on the dashboard, time in our rearview

I wish I could slow down when I look at you

This road’s been kind, but it won’t stay

Every sunset’s just one slip away

We were never built to last

But we burned like film in a camera flash

Dust on the dashboard, hearts running late

Chasing the summer that wouldn’t wait

(Verse 2)

We counted stars from a truck bed prayer

Told the sky our secrets like it would care

You said, “Maybe this is all we get—

Some songs, some nights, and no regrets.”

But when the engine sighed beneath our feet

I felt the cracks in every heartbeat

Like maybe joy was just borrowed breath

And love, a race against what's left

(Bridge)

If we had more gas or one more July

Would we still be us, or just the goodbye?

Your hand on mine, the windows down

We never needed a destination town

(Final Chorus)

There’s dust on the dashboard and fire in our lungs

We're singin’ truths at the top of our tongues

Every turn is a line in a song

And the silence says we won’t be long

So let’s drive like we’re breaking fate

Write our names in the interstates

Dust on the dashboard, hearts out of state

Loving the summer that wouldn’t wait