The Stars of Tomorrow

I stole his Silverado

Candy apple red

And you were laughing

In the high beams

When you introduced yourself

And my younger girl smiled

When you said

"The stars of tomorrow

Are brighter every night"

If I can remember

The rest of your story right

Out of Long Island

On down to Baltimore

Your sister had a family

Out on the eastern shore

"The stars of tomorrow

Are brighter every night"

If I can remember

The rest of your story right

"Oh he can have

The pool and the cars

But I'm taking this Ford

And a couple of credit cards"

The Singapore birds

And the wedding photographs

The silver, the rings, the dreams

And the broken glass"

But I'm just the singer

And you're just in my heart

I wish you the best of luck

I wish you a brand new start

Oh the island slept

And the moon had set

A beam down the highway

Tapping the dash

In a cool fluorescent flash