TheyÂ’re in the front seat, heÂ’s got the radio low
And the moon hangs over idlewild as the planes touch down
He is talking but sheÂ’s not listening
She is thinking of her father, who died when she was young
IÂ’m in the back seat, they think IÂ’m sleeping
But I am listening for the cracks between their voices in the dark
We are a family, we are a shipwreck
And weÂ’re picking up my grandma who is getting very old
And they think sheÂ’s dying
But I think sheÂ’s laughing
I think sheÂ’s riding HalleyÂ’s Comet from fort Lauderdale to here
But when I see her
IÂ’ll keep her secret
We all have our secrets that we keep inside ourselves
They built this airport but in a few years
TheyÂ’ll name it after Kennedy, the one who died today
And he will leave her, and she will suffer
And they will never really know each other at all
They think weÂ’re driving
But I know weÂ’re drifting
They think weÂ’re off on some adventure where the hero saves the day
We think weÂ’re special
We think weÂ’re golden
We think weÂ’re walking on the moon but we are dancing in the dark
We shoot our rockets, we shoot our presidents
We shoot the commies and the niggers and the Vietcong
Everything changes, everything stays the same
And the moon hangs over idlewild as the planes touch downÂ…