[Verse 1] [M] We blew past the diner sign At the edge of the county line Your hand on the cracked door frame My name in the window rain [F] Tail lights made a red thread On the road where we first left Back when the whole world fit Inside your beat-up cassette [Pre-Chorus] [M] And we knew it by heart The way the night bends back [F] Same old scars on the bar Same old song on the rack [M] But you leaned in close [F] Like you never would leave [M+F] And the dark got soft When you looked at me [Chorus] [M+F] Take me back Take me back To the paper moon drive [M+F] Hold me there Hold me there Where we still felt alive [M] We were young [F] We were wild [M+F] Under the paper moon drive [Verse 2] [F] The ash in the tray was gone But your ring stayed white all along A scratch on the passenger glass A map of the things we lost [M] I still hear your laugh in the cold When the radio skipped and froze We said we'd never grow old Then we watched that promise fold [Pre-Chorus] [F] And the same black sky Still hangs like a screen [M] But every shadow now Has your shape in between [F] I reach for the spark [M] In the dust and the blue [M+F] And I find your light In the rearview [Chorus] [M+F] Take me back Take me back To the paper moon drive [M+F] Hold me there Hold me there Where we still felt alive [M] We were young [F] We were wild [M+F] Under the paper moon drive [Bridge] [M] If the world turns hard And the miles run thin [F] Meet me where the old road Breaks and starts again [M] I'll bring my scars [F] You'll bring that fire [M+F] We'll sing through the dark Till it lifts a little higher [Final Chorus] [M+F] Take me back Take me back To the paper moon drive [M+F] Hold me there Hold me there Where we still felt alive [M] We were young [F] We were wild [M+F] Under the paper moon drive [M+F] Take me back Take me back To the paper moon drive