Air in my lungs 'til the road begins As the last of the bugs leave their homes again And I'm splittin' the road down the middle For a minute, the world seems so simple Feel the rush of my blood, I'm 17 again I am not scared of death, I've got dreams again It's just me and the curve of the valley And there is meanin' on earth, I am happy Ah, ah, ah-ah Ah, oh, oh ♪ Past Alger Brook Road, I'm over the bridge A minute from home, but I feel so far from it The death of my dog, the stretch of my skin It's all washin' over me, I'm angry again The things that I lost here, the people I knew They got me surrounded for a mile or two The car's in reverse, I'm grippin' the wheel I'm back between villages and everything's still