Lyric

Ever since I was a little boy

There was a picture in my mind

Chrome and curves in the summer sun

A love I couldn’t leave behind

By the time I got my license

They called you “old school steel,”

Most of them were ghosts by then

Barely had four wheels that’d feel

Yeah, the new ones shine like spaceships

Fast and flawless, bright and loud—

But I was chasing a memory

That time couldn’t crowd

Rust and dream, that’s what you are

Holes in your body, but you’re still my star

They laughed at me, said I’d gone too far—

But I touched my dream in a wrecked old car

Rust and dream…

Baby, you’re my rust and dream

Found you sleeping in a broken yard

Faded paint and a wounded frame

Panels torn and the engine silent

But I loved you just the same

You wouldn’t run, you wouldn’t roll

Every bolt cried out in pain—

But holding that wheel in my trembling hands

I’d do it all again

They saw a pile of trouble

I saw a promise in disguise—

Every scar was a story

Waiting to rise

Rust and dream, that’s what you are

Dust on your hood, but you’re burning like a star

They shook their heads at this old guitar—

But I heard your song in a wrecked old car

Rust and dream…

You’re still my rust and dream

Took you apart piece by piece

Grease on my hands, no sleep, no peace

Some nights I nearly let you go

Couldn’t find parts, nowhere to go

But old-school masters showed me how—

“If you can’t find it, boy, make it now.”

Steel and fire, hammer and flame

That’s how we breathe life again

“Come on back… come on back…”

Rust and dream, look at you now

Shining proud, don’t need to bow

Turn that key—hear that sound?

A heartbeat rising from the ground

Rust and dream, let’s hit the road

Blue sky above, blue sea unfolds

Wind in our hair, wide and free—

Just you… the road… and me

They’re turning heads when you roll by

Same as in my childhood sky

You were broken, now you gleam—

More than metal…

You’re my dream