Idlewild

Idlewild - Gretchen Peters Lyrics

They're in the front seat, he's got the radio low

And the moon hangs over Idlewild as the planes touch

down

He is talking but she's not listening

She is thinking of her father, who died when she was

young



i'm in the back seat, they think i'm sleeping

But i am listening for the cracks between their voices

in the dark

We are a family, we are a shipwreck

And we're picking up my grandma who is getting very old



And they think she's dying

But I think she's laughing

I think she's riding Halley's comet from Ft. Lauderdale

to here

But when I see her

I'll keep her secret

We all have our secrets that we keep inside ourselves



They built this airport but in a few years

They'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 we're driving

But i know we're drifting

They think we're off on some adventure where the hero

saves the day

We think we're special

We think we're golden

We think we'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 Viet Cong

Everything changes, everything stays the same

And the moon hangs over Idlewild as the planes touch

down...