Windows rolled all the way down, shoreside along the lake

Blowing in like the last breath of Summer on an Autumn day

Speed the straightaway into town, ease up by the paper mill

Nod hello to the state patrol, the world moves on while time stands still

Waiting at the red light

How I wish it wouldn't change

We'd just sit here idling

Staring down the days

We'd drive around in pickup trucks

Find an old house and fix it up

Watch these little kids now all grown up

Doesn't it seem like that could be enough

Wind shaking loose the stubborn leaves, fall flowers died in an early freeze

Get the storm windows up this weekend, please, and carve out some time for us

New Year's countdown rings here too, not just for Yankee pinstripes and Dodger blue

So much to learn, but what feels true, is right here in me and you

Waiting at the red light

How I wish it wouldn't change

We'd just sit here idling

Staring down the days

We'd drive around in pickup trucks

Find an old house and fix it up

Watch these little kids now all grown up

Doesn't it seem like that could be enough

For every road that's traveled there is

A hundred more under construction

We'll find a shortcut home through the forest

We lost the antique store in a fire, the landing in a flood

But leaning into the strain and sorrow, together we build it back up

The sun dips behind the water tower, music skips across the lake

And In this fleeting golden hour, I wouldn't have it any other way

Waiting at the red light, Waiting at the red light

We watch these little kids now all grown up

They say goodbye and we say good luck

It's tears and laughter, pain and love

Doesn't it seem like that could be enough