Words & Music by Jeffrey East, Trace Thompson & Tedd Swormstedt
Mile marker 23 is right the middle of where I am and where I want to be
Won’t be long until that girl is sitting next to me
Blonde hair, blue eyes I can see when I close mine
Gotta keep them on the road
Ain’t got far to go
Then it’s sunset on a tailgate
On a backroad with some George Strait
On the radio pulling her close
Singing cross my heart
A long kiss, til sunrise
It’s gonna be a good night
Oh I can’t wait I’m halfway to heaven
The billboard by a hay barn that says “see Rock City” is the landmark
That I love to see cause it only means
I’m close to having her in my shotgun seat
Then it’s sunset on a tailgate
On a backroad with some George Strait
On the radio pulling her close
Singing cross my heart
A long kiss, til sunrise
It’s gonna be a good night
Oh I can’t wait I’m halfway to heaven
Two left tuns and a slight right to go
There’s an angel waiting down this red dirt street of gold
Then it’s sunset on a tailgate
On a backroad with some George Strait
On the radio pulling her close
Singing cross my heart
A long kiss, til sunrise
It’s gonna be a good night
Oh I can’t wait I’m halfway to heaven
