erse 1 We were strangers from the same hometown Found each other somewhere further down the line Two people with no reason to be lonely Who somehow ended up alone at the same time You had JT on the radio I had the top down and nowhere to be And somewhere out on that long highway You became the only map I'd ever need There was something in the deep of you I could feel every piece of you and still want more I could see more than you could And I believed that I could take you there Chorus And I could drink a case of you, Ron And still be standing, still be wanting more But wanting isn't keeping And loving isn't always enough anymore Verse 2 New Orleans brought you back to twenty You walked those streets like you'd never really left And Portugal was cobblestones and candlelight We drank from an old fountain, promised forever to each other We'd look up at the mountains and the blue sky You'd point and say someday like a prayer And I believed you, I believed in everything I just didn't know how little time was there Chorus And I could drink a case of you, Ron And still be standing, still be wanting more But wanting isn't keeping And loving isn't always enough anymore Bridge You were closing chapters And I was aching to write new ones Maybe this is the last time either of us Will let someone all the way through Verse 3 Leaving you's the quietest kind of grief No one warns you how silent the ending sounds Just the echo of a highway, a concert, a laugh And two strangers from the same old town Who found the whole world together And still couldn't find a way to stay Outro (soft, almost spoken) I loved you, Ron I loved you like my favorite song on the radio Top down, singing every word On some long road to nowhere, just us The most alive I've ever been