Track 4 of the album Loud and Wrong and Ours · 2023
Sundown Stretches Out Forever
“Late July, dust in the air, and the sun hanging low forever. Probably the most joyful chorus we ever wrote.”
folk rock · summer anthem · driving jangle · 4:28
Lyrics
Windows down on a late July evening Dust in the air and the sun hanging low Four of us crammed in a van full of nothing With a map we don't read and a place we don't know The light goes long on the cornfields burning Orange on the hood and the highway line Somebody's drumming on the dashboard Somebody's singing out of time Don't let it go, don't let it end Not a single mile to spend Sundown stretches out forever When you're young and the road is wide Sing it to the red horizon With everybody on your side Sundown stretches out forever We'll chase it till the stars come through Hold the wheel and hold each other There's no place else we'd rather be than here with you Gas station stop for a bag of ice Barefoot dancing on the hot concrete The clerk puts the radio up for us We sing every word of a song on repeat Back on the road with the moon coming early Pink in the mirror and gold up ahead Nobody's tired and nobody's sorry Everything's golden that the day left unsaid Don't let it go, don't let it end Not a single mile to spend Sundown stretches out forever When you're young and the road is wide Sing it to the red horizon With everybody on your side Sundown stretches out forever We'll chase it till the stars come through Hold the wheel and hold each other There's no place else we'd rather be than here with you One day we'll be somewhere with fences And mortgages and things But tonight the sky is open And every one of us sings Sundown stretches out forever When you're young and the road is wide Sing it to the red horizon With everybody on your side Sundown stretches out forever We'll chase it till the stars come through Hold the wheel and hold each other There's no place else we'd rather be than here with you Sundown stretches out forever Here with you