Singers: Tim McGraw with Taylor Swift

    Bet your window’s rolled down and your hair’s pulled back

    And I bet you got no idea you’re going way too fast

    You’re trying not to think about what went wrong

    Trying not to stop ’til you get where you goin’

    You’re trying to stay awake so I bet you turn on the radio

    And the song goes

    I can’t live without you, I can’t live without you, baby

    The highway won’t hold you tonight

    The highway don’t know you’re alive

    The highway don’t care if you’re all alone

    But I do, I do

    The highway won’t dry your tears

    The highway don’t need you here

    The highway don’t care if you’re coming home

    But I do, I do

    I bet you got a dead cell phone in your shotgun seat

    Yeah, I bet you’re bending God’s ear talking ‘bout me.

    You’re trying not to let the first tear fall out

    Trying not to think about turning around

    You’re trying not to get lost in the sound but that song is always on

    So you sing along

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    Background

    The song, which also features Keith Urban on lead guitar, is a pure vocal duet with Taylor Swift. It sings about that feeling you have when the raw and real nature of a breakup has just happened and when you’re still thinking about them and whether the breakup was actually true. While melodically sounding like a song from the 1980s/early 1990s, the song is a pleasant and memorable duet.