Richie and Austen are often along for the ride
They don't say a lot, but they know every inch of this drive
If these trees started talking, I bet you they'd only talk shit
'Cause we never do anything real, we just talk about it

Endin' of August, the bugs are just starting to die
All the neighbors are voting for someone who wins every time
And I thought getting older meant knowing it's too late to try
And I tried getting sober, I swear I did better this time

Uh-hm-oh-hm
Uh-hm-oh-hm
Uh-hm-oh-hm
Uh-hm-oh-ooh

Whoa, everything you see out here will die
Oh, it's a matter of time
Till it's fields of ice and reflector lights
Till it's our town, mm

And anything you need, I will provide
A ride home or an alibi
I know the traffic light
You can speed right by
'Cause the camera's down

And I follow New York plates to the county line
I ignore 'em when they wave on 89
The minute that September hits
I'm going off my medicine, oh
Late August angst and a pointless night
Oh, and the feeling of being alive
For the first time
In a long time

Oh, we're drawing of a place, oh, we're a photo on the fridge
They mined copper for years, oh, there was nothing left to dig
It's a place where most kids just grow up and have kids
Grow up and have kids who build homes for the rich

Whoa, everything you see out here will die
Oh, it's a matter of time
Till it's fields of ice and reflector lights
Till it's our town

Till it's our town
Till it's our town
And it's ours now
'Cause it's ours now

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A long shadow