Hometown Headstone Lyrics - Owen Danoff

Well, I am driving down the highway 

One slip and I'm a cross beside the road 

Still I'm steering my Toyota like a 

starship 

In a movie while the space station 

explodes 

And it is windy, but I'm warm 

And it is raining, there's a storm up 

overhead 

But back behind my windshield, I feel 

nothing 

Like I'm looking down from heaven 

with the dead 

I hear there's gold in California 

And anyone can stake a claim 

But I'll just hold my old gas pedal down 

Because no hometown headstone 

Will ever bear my name 

Well, when you're driving down the 

highway 

You can't help but turn to matters of 

romance 

So I think of all my loves that flew away 

on wings of things I couldn't say 

Back when I had the chance 

Or when I still lived with my family 

I went out, I had a date, I held her hand 

She asked me if I lived at home, I said, 

"I'm not homeless", she said, "That's 

not what I mean", and I said I didn't 

understand 

But I hear there are mermaids in the 

water by the islands 

With hair as bright as a flame 

But I'll just hold my old gas pedal down 

Because no hometown headstone 

Will ever bear my name 

Well, I am driving down the highway 

There ain't no shadow that can catch me 

on this chase 

I used to feel like the whole skyline of 

the city left behind me 

Was built off of my mistakes 

So while I'm lost somewhere in limbo, 

watching water wash the window, I 

think of home 

And of my mother, yes I'll miss her, but 

you know 

Sometimes it feels good to feel alone 

I hear it's gorgeous in the mountains 

But the view's always the same 

So I'll just hold my old gas pedal down 

Because no hometown headstone is 

waiting there 

No hometown headstone will ever bear 

my name