Driving fast down the highway

Your face, a fire in my mind

Your father died on Father's Day

John, I loved you

With my whole heart when I was fifteen

Now, I'm watching the sun

Set in the rearview mirror

And they're setting fireworks off

On I-90

John, here's a flower

Of light dripping down in his memory

We didn't know, but we were told

Before you get there, you're already old

Explosion

On the road

John, I love who

You've become even though we lost touch

Now, I'm watching the sun

Set in the rearview mirror

And they're setting fireworks off

On I-90

John, here's a tower

Of light rising up

Outside of Albany

We didn't know, but we were told

Before you get there, you're already old

Explosion

On the road ahead

We didn't know, but we were told

Before you get there, you're already old

Explosion

On the road ahead

Driving into purple twilight

Truck is flashing me his red eyes

Four lights in the back, a menacing smile

Trees rising like green horns on either side

Cloud is pink, road is black, lines are white

I don't know how much time I have to describe it

Red lights in the back of the truck

And the sky is golden in the rearview mirror