I don’t wanna die behind the wheel
But there’s a way I start to feel
When my mind is drifting sideways
I’m drifting in and out of lanes
Running circles in my brain
I’ve ended many nights this way

When you get old enough to see things as they are
I hope you’re still young enough to care
When the magic falls away from everything you know
And it gets so
But I don’t wanna die behind the wheel

And, god, if you can get me through this one
I’ll start believing in you
Change my act and go to school
Turn me any shade of blue
I know I pushed my luck a few too many times
To be just fine
Over a thousand miles of bloodied yellow lines

And I don’t wanna freeze out in the rain
Let me dry my clothes and die of shame
Naked and scared like first I came
I didn’t wanna die behind the wheel
In my avatar of glass and steel
Trying to collide with something real
I thought that I might look and see things as they were
I thought I was young enough to care
But I watched my friends recede like waves
Trying to hold onto the beach
And I brush their fingertips with mine
But they float out of reach
Now keep your eyes on the road, Jack
I plan to make it home tonight
If it kills me, I don’t care, no I don’t mind
If it kills me, I don’t care, no I don’t mind