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Silence on the highway as I make my way

Path down to darkness to visit memory

Twenty years have passed today

Never yours to live, only mine

On route thirty-nine, in vain I called your sign

My youth ended that very day

You were Maverick, I was Jester

Had tanks full of freedom, a road wide and long

Had our callsigns since we were kids,

You and me, my best friend

Wherever you went, I went along

Calling Maverick, are you there?

Can't see you anywhere

It's the worst that I fear, come in if you hear

I saw your headlights disappear

I said,

You behind your wheel, and I behind mine

Let's go nightriding, let's go down the line

Hit the afterburners, do a barrel roll

The night is so fine

I'll race you down the thirty-nine

Right here we can stand once more

The chasm just before the lakeshore

Your callsign one last time

Maverick, are you there?

See you where eagles dare