8 years old, hammering my old go-kart
A two by four and a dream in my folks backyard
The steering wheel was a rope when it broke I lost
Life was a knife in my dream when then the wheels came off
That was then, this is now

World keeps spinning round and round
You're either up or you're upside down
Every road has led me back around
Tears will fall and scars will fade
You learn to live with the mess you've made
A broken road still gets ya home somehow
That was then, this is now

Firing off kisses on all pistons in a little red dress
A chrome plated heart teach ya somethin' that ya never forget
She take ya to the finish line, but ya never gonna cross
Crashed on a dead end street when my wheels came off
That was then, this is now

World keeps spinning round and round
You're either up or you're upside down
Every road has led me back around
Tears will fall and scars will fade
You learn to live with the mess you've made
A broken road still gets ya home somehow
That was then, this is now
That was then, this is now

Sometimes at night, my mind plays tricks on me
Tells me that this dream just don't work out
Haunted by a ghost that I can't see
That was then, this is now

World keeps spinning round and round
You're either up or you're upside down
Every road has led me back around
Tears will fall and scars will fade
You learn to live with the mess you've made
A broken road still gets ya home somehow
That was then, this is now
That was then, this is now