Sunset through a windshield, I can see it now Like a picture in a frame (picture in a frame), oh Blue jeans and t-shirts, who we were We wore it like a name (like a name) I wish I could go back to those days When the town was the whole world And love was the girl next door Soundtrack was a song in the dark I miss those days when our dreams were there for chasin' But time was better wasted We were summer young and livin' for a Friday And freedom was a highway (oh) Freedom was a highway (oh) Barbwire on a fence post with a crosswind On a road no one was on (no one was on), yeah, yeah, yeah Five-deep with our hands up, just singin' along to a hip-hop song I wish I could rewind and replay When the town was the whole world And love was the girl next door Soundtrack was a song in the dark I miss those days when our dreams were there for chasin' But time was better wasted We were summer young and livin' for a Friday And freedom was a highway Freedom was a highway When you're seventeen and drivin' You don't think about the road runnin' out No, no, no, no You just keep your eyes on that horizon 'Cause you're wrapped up in now (ooh) Hey, ooh, yeah Ooh, yeah, whoo I wish I could go back to those days When the town was the whole world And love was the girl next door Soundtrack was a song in the dark I miss those days when our dreams were there for chasin' But time was better wasted We were summer young and livin' for a Friday And freedom was a highway (freedom was a highway) Freedom was a highway, baby, yeah Freedom was a highway Freedom was a highway Freedom was a highway (oh)