Sick of Sunsets

Every road here loops back to my street
Every face knows the sound of defeat
The diner sign's been flickering OPEN
On a promise this whole town quit hopin'
I scratched my name in the water tower rust
Swore I'd get out before I turned to dust
There's a great big world past the county line
And I've been rotting on the wrong side of the sign

So I'm counting mile markers in my head
Trading a ghost town for the road ahead
If staying is dying, I'm lighting the fuse
Anywhere, anything, nothing to lose

I'm sick of sunsets in this town
Same sky bleeding orange going down
Same streetlight, same parking lot
Same dead-end dreams in the same dead spot
So I'm racing out of here, burning bright
Chasing anything but this dying light
I'm done, and I won't turn around
I'm gone before the sun goes down

They'll tell you it's home so you'll remain
Comfortable enough to numb the pain
But I want an ache that keeps me alive
Not the slow decay that you don't survive
I'll miss the lake and the summer stars
The bonfire smoke and the beat-up cars
But none of it's gonna make me stay
When every part of me is pulling away

So I'm counting mile markers in my head
Trading a ghost town for the road ahead
If staying is dying, I'm lighting the fuse
Anywhere, anything, nothing to lose

I'm sick of sunsets in this town
Same sky bleeding orange going down
Same streetlight, same parking lot
Same dead-end dreams in the same dead spot
So I'm racing out of here, burning bright
Chasing anything but this dying light
I'm done, and I won't turn around
I'm gone before the sun goes down

Gone, gone, gone by dawn
Cross the county line, headlights on
Gone, gone, nothing to it
Sick of sunsets, screw it

One tank of gas, foot to the floor
This town's not what I'm living for
Wave goodbye to the orange glow
The lock was in my head, so I go
I'm sick of the same, I'm sick of the small
I'm sick of the walls, I'm sick of it all

I'm sick of sunsets in this town
Same sky bleeding orange going down
Same streetlight, same parking lot
Same dead-end dreams in the same dead spot
So I'm racing out of here, burning bright
Chasing anything but this dying light
I'm done, and I won't turn around
I'm gone before the sun goes down

Gone, gone, gone by dawn
Cross the county line, headlights on
Gone, gone, nothing to it
Sick of sunsets, screw it