Had a letterman's jacket
A handed down Maverick
With just enough gas in the tank
To get to the edge of the world
By the river, hangout and blow smoke on the bay
In a town where the best thing that ever came out was the road
I was dreaming and scheming and dying to go by myself
Oh but now girl I know

(chorus)
The closest thing to me was the girl riding shotgun
The laid back, the crazy, the cool and the high one
The girl with her smile by the cross in my locket
Carried my hеart around in her back pocket
Just like your namе on my skin
I want you the closest thing to me again

So I'm driving like crazy
Hoping that maybe
There ain't no real truth to that
Rumor about how you can go home again
But there just ain't no way to go back

Because I wanna go back to the back of my ride that hot night
Wanna go back, take back that "baby goodbye"
Go back and hold on for dear life
(chorus)
To the closest thing to me yeah, the girl riding shotgun
The laid back, the crazy, the cool and the high one
The girl with her smile by the cross in my locket
Carried my heart around in her back pocket
Just like your name on my skin
I want you the closest thing to me again

I went off in search of me
But girl it occurred to me
I should have been looking for you
And I got a feeling you knew


(chorus)
The closest thing to me yeah, the girl riding shotgun
The laid back, the crazy, the cool and the high one
The girl with her smile by the cross in my locket
Carried my heart around in her back pocket
Just like your name on my skin
I want you the closest thing to me again

The closest thing to me again