Letras
We grew up in Galesburg, cornfields and radio glow
AM gold drifting through a cracked-open window
Summer stuck to our skin like a secret we'd keep
Fireflies blinking while the whole town slept
We'd swim in Lake Story till the sky turned pink
Dry off in the grass with a Cherry Coke drink
Curly slide at Rotary Park, metal hot from the sun
Burned our backs, but we called it fun
Bike tires humming on chipped blacktop
Baseball diamonds and the taste of pop
We didn't know we were golden then
Just kids with scraped up knees and ten-cent dreams
Oh, Lake Story nights and neon mall lights
Small town hearts under Midwestern skies
We were forever in the flicker of a Friday
Static on the screen but we felt okay
From penny candy sweet to the edge of town
We thought this world was ours somehow
Galesburg, you still echo in me
Like a cassette rewinding endlessly
Bought penny candy from Pearl downtown
Sugar on our lips, no parents around
Then we'd sneak to the Brick Yards past the trees
Or those underground tunnels nobody believed
We'd swear we heard ghosts in the dripping stone
But we laughed too loud to feel alone
Skated till midnight under parking lot lights
Concrete sparks in the cool July nights
Saturday found us at the mall all day
Sandburg Mall Rats in our own cliché
Arcade tokens and a borrowed kiss
Food court fries and teenage bliss
Oh, Lake Story nights and neon mall lights
Small town hearts under Midwestern skies
We were rebels in a grain-silo dream
Living loud on a quiet street scene
From downtown chases to backyard smoke
We were legends in the jokes we told
Galesburg, you're still part of me
Like a song stuck on MTV
Cops would shout as we'd scatter and run
Skateboards clattering, hearts undone
We'd bolt back home, basement glow
Pass the joint, let the stereo flow