We drove twenty-six states In forty-two days We fell in love every night We made every show And I played every solo Then I slept in the back seat until we got home Strong ocean surf, the achin' got worse I told you I'd never be yours We crossed over the border out of California Pulled off on the shoulder to stand in the sun Knowing that I could have lost you forever Nothing could drag me away from you now Nobody tells you it's now or it's never So take what you want before the going gets gone I gave all my change to a man with no name Under glowing New Mexico moon And you were still riding so high in my mind Coming in like a train through the cold desert night New York it came true, and I waited to find you You told me you'd do what you could And you left in the morning, no word and no warning In a taxi that cost you far more than it should Knowing that I could have lost you forever Nothing could drag me away from you now Nobody tells you it's now or it's never So take what you want before the going gets gone Take what you want before the going gets gone Take what you want before the going gets gone We drove twenty-six states In forty-two days We fell in love every night We made every show And I stared out the window Then I slept in the back seat until we got home