Passing Through

Flickering lights mean distant towns Rolling wheels make humming sounds The full moon makes the night like day A lonely road will make you feel this way When the town square's dark, the stoplights flash A midnight diesel rolls on past A northern front gives the air a chill I loved you then and I always will I just roll the windows down Passing through your hometown Up at the high school, there's noone in sight They won their game on Friday night Now the lights are dark on the field of grass Where the hometown kid caught the touchdown pass Now the S.P. rail it makes a lonesome sound It splits the air and it shakes the ground Then it's swallowed up in the morning still I loved you then and I always will I just roll the windows down Passing through your hometown On the edge of town, a store's lit up bright Gas pumps washed in flourescent light The cashier nods and jerks awake At eight AM, she says she'll take her break And now your town recedes in my rear view I've no idea what became of you The sun comes up on a distant hill I loved you then and I love you still I just roll the windows down Passing through your hometown I just roll the windows down Passing through your hometown