Track 3 of the album Sparks on the Blue Ridge · 2014
Van Full of Maybe
“This is our origin story in three minutes: four guys, a van, and a lot of bungee cord. The gang chorus is the heart of us.”
folk rock · jangle-pop · singalong · 3:49
Lyrics
Four of us and a borrowed van Amps strapped down with a bungee band Radiator's steaming by the state line sign Nobody knows where we'll sleep tonight But the tank is full and the tape is good We're gonna play it like we knew we would Oh we got a van full of maybe Rolling west on a prayer and a spare Got a song in the back and a map gone black And the sunset waiting there Hey, hey, we're a van full of maybe Singing loud for the empty road If it all falls through, well, I'm riding with you And that's more than the money owed Played a bar with a crowd of three One of them cried and he paid us in tea The bartender said you boys ain't bad Come back when you're something that I've had So we split a sandwich on the tailgate door And counted up the dreams we're working for Oh we got a van full of maybe Rolling west on a prayer and a spare Got a song in the back and a map gone black And the sunset waiting there Hey, hey, we're a van full of maybe Singing loud for the empty road If it all falls through, well, I'm riding with you And that's more than the money owed Mile after mile the stars come out Somebody's snoring, somebody's singing Nobody's doubting, nobody's out Just the hum of the wheels and the engine ringing Someday maybe there'll be a stage A name in lights on a brighter page But if it's just us and the dashboard glow I'd still pick this road, I'd still go Oh we got a van full of maybe Rolling west on a prayer and a spare Got a song in the back and a map gone black And the sunset waiting there Hey, hey, we're a van full of maybe Singing loud for the empty road If it all falls through, well, I'm riding with you And that's more than the money owed A van full of maybe Rolling on, rolling on