Talladega

Album: The Outsiders (2014)
Charted: 43
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  • It was the summer before the real world started and
    The deal was we would get to go, if we
    Cleaned it up, and got it running
    Daddy's old Winnebago and
    Wing and a prayer down 65
    Five best friends on four bald tires
    I can still see Billy smiling, when we finally made it

    To Talladega
    Boys, raise the whiskey in your glass
    Here's to turning up, slowing down
    And cars that go real fast
    We were laughing and living, drinking and wishing
    And thinking as that checkered flag was waving
    Sure would like to stay in
    Talladega

    Like a storm, time rolls on
    You can't hit pause as we just did
    Most days in life don't stand out
    But life's about those days that will, like
    Rocking rando, getting rowdy
    Shooting roman candles at the man in the moon
    Til the Alabama sun was breaking

    Over Talladega
    Boys, raise the whiskey in your glass
    Here's to turning up, slowing down
    And cars that go real fast
    We were laughing and living, drinking and wishing
    And thinking as that checkered flag was waving
    Sure would like to stay in
    Talladega
    Talladega

    When the winds go cold and it blows October
    I think about us shoulder to shoulder
    Like those cars my thoughts roll over and over and over
    In my mind

    Tonight I'm in Talladega
    Boys, raise the whiskey in your glass
    Here's to turning up, slowing down
    And cars that go real fast
    We were laughing and living, drinking and wishing
    And thinking as that checkered flag was waving
    Sure would like to stay in
    Talladega

    Talladega (Talladega)
    Talladega (Talladega) Writer/s: Eric Church, Luke Robert Laird
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
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