WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
As recorded by Luke Combs
(From the 2023 Album GETTIN' OLD)



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[Intro]



[Verse 1]
             
My big brother

         
 rode an India

n Scout
              
It was black l

        
ike his jacket
              
American Spiri

          
t hangin' outt

a his mouth
              
Just like our 


daddy
            
He kicked-star

              
ted that bike 

             
one night and 

              
broke Mama's h


eart
              
He pointed tha

  
t headlight we

st
             
Out where the 

            
wild things ar

e


[Verse 2]
          
He'd call me u

        
p every couple

 of weeks
              
From South Cal

 
ifornia
              
Talk about the

              
 desert and th

  
e Joshua Tree
              
And his pretty

      
 girl stories
              
How he bought 

            
an Airstream t

             
railer and a J

       
-45 guitar
              
Said, "Little 

              
brother, you'd

 
 love it out h

ere
             
Out where the 

            
wild things ar

e"


[Chorus]
           
Oh, it's heart

             
s on fire and 

      
crazy dreams
           
Oh, the nights

             
 ignite like g

   
asoline
             
And light up t

              
hose streets t

             
hat never slee

           
p when the sky

 goes dark
             
Out where the 

            
wild things ar

e


[Verse 3]
             
I called my br

              
other from the

 
 back of that 

plane
             
The second I m

ade it
              
We started dri

             
nkin' on the s

trip in LA
              
And then it go

  
t crazy
            
Ended up at a 

             
house in the h

              
ills with some

      
 Hollywood sta

rs
              
Kissin' on a b

           
londe in a bac

kyard pool
             
Out where the 

            
wild things ar

e


[Guitar Solo]
    
  
Oh,  yeah


[Bridge]
       
Couple iron ho

rse rebels

Wild as the de

vil
       
I knew I had t

o move back ea

st
             
Said goodbye t

o my brother

At the end of 

that summer
      
But I knew he'

d never leave


[Chorus]
           
Oh, it's heart

             
s on fire and 

      
crazy dreams
           
Oh, the nights

             
 ignite like g

   
asoline
           
And oh, them I

             
ndian Scouts, 

              
man, they're b

         
uilt for speed
           
And oh, they s

              
aid he hit tha

             
t guardrail at

           
 half past thr

ee
             
Lit up those s

             
treets that ne

              
ver sleep when

     
 the sky goes 

dark
             
We buried him 

             
out in the win

             
d 'neath the W

             
est Coast star

 
s
          
Out where the 

            
wild things ar

e


[Outro]
   
             
Out where the 

            
wild things ar

e