Runnin’ Toward the Light Aaron West & the Roaring Twenties

[Verse 1]
I used to hate all my dad's outlaw country bands
He'd play me when I was young
'Cause they'd lie through their teeth about the lives they lead
When all I wanted were honest songs
But now they're anthems in the van
And we're screaming them out on the highway
For good luck
In the bright blistering sun

[Chorus]
Runnin' toward the light
On the shoulder of a dream
I'm singing in my sleep
Runnin' toward the light
I stagger through the streets
I sing it in my sleep

[Verse 2]
Cream fights through truck-stop coffee here in the quiet purple dawn
Last night we played another highway bar, for the first time they sang along
Spray paint a '20' up on the over pass
Like a blood pact for the drifters we've become
In the soft burgeoning sun

[Chorus]
Runnin' toward the light
On the shoulder of a dream
I'm singing in my sleep
Runnin' toward the light
I stagger through the streets
I sing it in my sleep