Owen Danoff - Hometown Headstone lyrics

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