♪ I will tell you the story of when we almost died ♪ ♪ We were going down a mountain so steep ♪ ♪ That it made Jill cry ♪ ♪ And at first you gotta go up ♪ ♪ And before you come down, we parked for the night ♪ ♪ Just out of town ♪ ♪ And when I woke up in the morning, I had to piss ♪ ♪ I locked my keys in the van ♪ ♪ Man, and it happened so quick ♪ ♪ But I unlocked the door with a stick through the window ♪ ♪ The only time that happened was in Colorado ♪ ♪ We were going up a mountain ♪ ♪ Checking out the beauty ♪ ♪ When we reached the summit ♪ ♪ That's when I began to worry ♪ ♪ Looking for a pullout, hoping we can stop ♪ ♪ But when I saw the smoke, I knew those things were shot ♪ ♪ When you're living on the edge ♪ ♪ And you're pushing your luck ♪ ♪ Better thank your lucky stars and never give up ♪ ♪ I can't see the future ♪ ♪ I don't live in the past ♪ ♪ We just got this moment and it might be our last ♪ ♪ Well, I burnt my brakes coming down the pass ♪ ♪ It was 7% and we were going fast ♪ ♪ There were no guardrails, hairpin curves ♪ ♪ And when I stomped on the pedal I started to swerve ♪ ♪ I could smell the rubber and I could hear the road ♪ ♪ It was the scaredest that I'd ever been the truth be told ♪ ♪ I got both hands on the wheel and my eyes straight ahead ♪ ♪ I turned up the radio 'cause I love the Grateful Dead ♪ ♪ White crosses all scattered to my right ♪ ♪ Of all the travelers that have lost their lives ♪ ♪ It's a silent reminder things can go wrong ♪ ♪ But when we made it to the bottom, I wrote this song ♪ ♪ When you're living on the edge ♪ ♪ And you're pushing your luck ♪ ♪ Better thank your lucky stars and never give up ♪ ♪ I can't see the future how to live in the past ♪ ♪ We just got this moment now, let's make it last ♪ ♪ And from now on when we go out on the road ♪ ♪ I do everything that I've been told ♪ ♪ I check the brakes, the radiator too ♪ ♪ 'Cause I want this thing safe for me and you ♪ ♪ Now I got everything that I think I might need ♪ ♪ I got that gypsy feeling and I wanna be free ♪ ♪ When you're living on the edge ♪ ♪ And you're pushing your luck ♪ ♪ Better thank your lucky stars and never give up ♪ ♪ I can't see the future ♪ ♪ And I don't live in the past ♪ ♪ We just got this moment now let's make it last ♪ ♪ We just got this moment now let's make it last ♪ - [Announcer] Funded by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4th, 2008, and by the members of Prairie Public.