Road To Italy

[Verse 1]
Packed your bag in the backseat
Hair up, roots still wet
One more look at the driveway
Then you hit the interstate
Twenty-two hours, baby
You said it like a dare
Now your sandals and your postcards
Are waiting in the air

[Pre-Chorus]
Every mile makes you lighter
Every sign says go
You keep chasing that warm edge
Of a place you already know
Turn the key, don’t stop now
Let the whole world slide
You’re halfway out the window
With your heart still in the ride

[Chorus]
Italy, Italy
You’re calling for me (Italy)
Italy, Italy
Take me where you’re free
Twenty-two hours, baby
Just to feel that sea
Italy, Italy
You and me

[Verse 2]
Gas station coffee kisses
On a plastic cup
You’re humming through the border
With the windows cracked up
Little towns keep falling back
Like coins in the dark
And every red light leaves a stain
Right next to your heart

[Pre-Chorus]
Every mile makes you lighter
Every sign says go
You keep chasing that warm edge
Of a place you already know
Turn the key, don’t stop now
Let the whole world slide
You’re halfway out the window
With your heart still in the ride

[Chorus]
Italy, Italy
You’re calling for me (Italy)
Italy, Italy
Take me where you’re free
Twenty-two hours, baby
Just to feel that sea
Italy, Italy
You and me

[Bridge]
When the dawn comes soft and blue
You’ll laugh at how far you drove
With your map folded in your lap
And a future in your phone
All that waiting on the road
Turns to gold in your hands
You weren’t running from a home
You were running to a land

[Final Chorus]
Italy, Italy
You’re calling for me (Italy)
Italy, Italy
Take me where you’re free
Twenty-two hours, baby
Just to feel that sea
Italy, Italy
You and me
Italy, Italy
Right where I should be