If I asked real sweet, would you take a ride with me? Drive down streets that no one else has ever seen Red bucket seats with a stereo from 1953 I knew you before you were born And I've seen an ending worth waiting for Under blankets and maps to keep us warm Mile markers made out of rows of white birch trees Lead me to black velvet dressed in silver rings Just like you and me some things are meant to be I knew you before you were born And I've seen an ending worth waiting for Under blankets and maps to keep us warm, keep us warm The paper moon in the tree branch blue sky Is cold and brittle on an October night Dead weather vines that grew on concrete steam lamp lights I knew you before you were born And I've seen an ending worth waiting for Under blankets and maps to keep us warm, keep us warm Keep us warm, keep us warm