[Verse 1]

It was my mama's Trans Am

You know the damn thing barely ran

But what a getaway dream

I felt like such a rebel

Driving with the devil

On angel wings

Had nowhere to be

Friends in the backseat

Begging to smoke a cigarette

We were lighting up the scene

Making turns and memories

Swore the best ones hadn't happened yet

[Chorus]

Now I'm chasing down that first-car feeling

I'm never satisfied

Chasing down that first-car feeling

You don't get that twice

You never get back that first taste of freedom

No matter how hard you try

When everything's changing, you can't see it

Don't grow up 'cause it's a lie

That first-car feeling never dies

[Verse 2]

Now it's nine-to-fives and paychecks

And bills I haven't paid yet

I got getaway dreams

I miss trading friendship bracelets

The wind on all our faces

It was all new to me

We could park on any street

Let it out like therapy

Before we knew we needed it

Too young to feel the time

Crossing city lines

Never to return again

[Chorus]

Now I'm chasing down that first-car feeling

I'm never satisfied

Chasing down that first-car feeling

You don't get that twice

You never get back that first taste of freedom

No matter how hard you try

When everything's changing, you can't see it

Don't grow up 'cause it's a lie

That first-car feeling never dies

[Post-Chorus]

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[Bridge]

Just like you'll never be born again

All you can say is "remember when"

You'll get a new life, new house

New job, new ex-boyfriend

But you never get back that first taste of freedom

No matter how hard you try

[Chorus]

Now I'm chasing down that first-car feeling

I'm never satisfied

Chasing down that first-car feeling

You don't get that twice

You never get back that first taste of freedom

No matter how hard you try

And when everything's changing, you can't see it

Don't grow up 'cause it's a lie

That first-car feeling never dies

Oh, that first-car feeling never dies

[Outro]

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