Trust Me, Everly

I remember seeing white jeans
Sleeping under 37th Street
Kissed me on the freight train home
Told me, "Now you'll never feel alone."
We'll get up on the hood of that stolen car
And wait for the sunrise, ghost town KOA
Wouldn't want it any other way

But the vertigo was lightning fast
Run for the border, let 'em chase us back
Take off for cover and we'll scream
"You'll never get the best of me!"
Cops are coming, now we're dressed in black
Clocked at a hundred and we don't look back
Shotgun for Charlotte and you'll see
Your one and only chance is me
Trust me, Everly

I remember every night, she
Cooked me up a bowl of Safeway beans
Like we were a warped home
Family along the broken road
And I'm dying to know why you keep me alive
When my head on a pike would be worth even more than you think
Runaways are thicker than just thieves

We're dancing through the yard
Alone in the back of that stolen car
We're bigger than who we are
In scars

But the vertigo was lightning fast
Run for the border, let 'em chase us back
Take off for cover and we'll scream
"You'll never get the best of me!"
Cops are coming, now we're dressed in black
Clocked at a hundred and we don't look back
Shotgun for Charlotte and you'll see
Your one and only chance is me
Trust me, Everly

We park it in Forest Lawn
The tires are worn, but they've done their job
You try to employ your God, but I
Just wanna think about you
And maybe it's only fate
That meeting your mom was our final date
She's beautiful, I can say in thought

But the end became a graveyard stand
Red light reflecting off your mother's strand
Cops all around us and they scream
"Surrender while the barrel's clean!"
Smith & Wesson in the drawstring bag
They'll take us together if you don't fight back
Pull on the trigger and you'll see
Your one and only chance is me
Trust me, Everly