it was a beautiful day , the sun beat down i had the radio on , i was drivin ' trees flew by , me and del were singin ' little runaway i was flyin ' yeah runnin ' down a dream that never would come to me workin ' on a mystery , goin ' wherever it leads runnin ' down a dream i felt so good like anything was possible i hit cruise control and rubbed my eyes the last three days the rain was un-stoppable it was always cold , no sunshine yeah runnin ' down a dream that never would come to me workin ' on a mystery , goin ' wherever it leads runnin ' down a dream i rolled on as the sky grew dark i put the pedal down to make some time there 's something good waitin ' down this road i 'm pickin ' up whatever 's mine the boys went home that night and packed everything they thought they would need .