Asphalt Stars

[Intro]
[Verse]
FM synths are drifting slow
Back to where the grass would grow
Driving past the empty sign
Tracing every broken line
Windows down to catch the heat
Memory on the passenger seat
[Pre-Chorus]
Tape hiss in the humid air
I can see you standing there
Warped and blurred like old film
Moving through a quiet realm
[Chorus]
We were stars on the asphalt
It wasn't anyone's fault
Cherry slushies turned to ice
Paying such a heavy price
Summer faded into gray
Why did you go away?
[Post-Chorus]
(Ooh, the summer's gone)
(Ooh, we're moving on)
[Verse]
Lap steel echoes in the haze
Lost inside a purple daze
Slushie stains on your white tee
You were all I’d ever see
Parking lot is empty now
Time forgot us both somehow
[Pre-Chorus]
Yearbook pages folded down
In this sleepy little town
Secrets told in whispered tones
Chilled right to our very bones
[Chorus]
We were stars on the asphalt
It wasn't anyone's fault
Cherry slushies turned to ice
Paying such a heavy price
Summer faded into gray
Why did you go away?
[Bridge]
Faded ink and signatures
Everything was mine and yours
Now the neon’s flickering low
Where did all the magic go?
Just a ghost in a D minor key
Floating on a digital sea
[Chorus]
We were stars on the asphalt
It wasn't anyone's fault
Cherry slushies turned to ice
Paying such a heavy price
Summer faded into gray
Why did you go away?
[Post-Chorus]
(Ooh, the summer's gone)
(Ooh, we're moving on)
[Outro]