The night is getting cold now
The wind is getting mean
You got the window rolled down
You got cuffs in your jeans
You wanna be an indie kid
Well you gotta look clean
I'm waiting for the one I know
In the passenger seat

The snow weighs all the bows down
Car door's frosted shut
We hang up lights at your dad's house
I empty my cup
Everything I know I learned from you
How to make friends and alphabet soup

Were you ever afraid
Of being unmade
By a look or a laugh or the unclicking of a car door?
Did you think you deserve more?

The weatherman's emphatic
Stay inside get indoors
Basic cable to static
I'll get the scrabble board
In the long hall
I pull aside your dad
He hugs me and says yes
I don't even have to ask

Goodnight stars goodnight air goodnight noises everywhere
Goodnight mountains meet the sea goodnight all the things that we wanna be
Goodnight silent shivering trees goodnight curtains red and green
Goodnight stars goodnight air goodnight noises everywhere
Goodnight fictions on the shelf goodnight those things I can't help
Good moon rising over the dunes goodnight darling see you soon
Goodnight stars goodnight air goodnight noises everywhere
Goodnight me goodnight you goodnight all the work that we gotta do