It was such a good night,
everybody agrees
Drive our handsome cars
through the humid dark
To the airstrip and the beach
Ring it up along the shore
The low tide tastes so sour
And the rocks around the campfire
Are waiting for the hour
Of the meteor shower
Are we looking up yet?
Somebody says
We came to see the stars fall
But the moon's still too bright, yeah
We don't wanna miss the hour
Of the meteor shower
We sprawl out on the sand
This time before it's light
And it seems like you could reach up
and pluck the eyes right out of the night
We are young and we're strong
We're shut down by the thought
That this might not be enough
Bury your thought
Soon it's back and with a friend
Like the desperadoes and bon vivants,
at every century's end
You have a good idea
of all that you are worth
But the atoms underneath
eventually explode
in the meteor shower
You sprawl out of the sand,
the stones throw from the rain
And it seems like you could reach it,
catch the fireballs in your hand
We are young and you're strong
And you're shut
down by the thought
That this might not be enough
Are we looking up?
Are we looking up yet?
Are we looking up?
Are we looking up yet?
Are we looking up?
Are we looking up yet?
Hold the gem and dance
like a smiling teenage kid
In a stream of flaming rubble,
streaking as a hobble to the outer edge
In the final hour
Of the meteor shower
You