The Comet Rider

Verse 1

Fog on the cypress

Spanish moss hanging low

Half-sunk Pinto where black water goes

Gray shack on stilts

Crooked screen door

Three chimps on the porch hollerin' for more

Little board swinging

Five college kids on a limestone rail

Airboat at an idle

Welcome to the swamp

Come on in

Pre-Chorus

Postcards on a dashboard line

Stamp it with a nickel

Drive until you find the fuse

Then you light the fire

Chorus

Worms in Waldo and crickets in the Run

Shuttle boat sailing on a lava sun

Buy a ticket

Buy a memory

Buy a ride that never ends

Kitsch fever dream

America in a wide screen view

It is all for you

It is all for you

Verse 2

Gold on the hill

Same old shack but a brand new thrill

Dust on a dirt track

Monkeys in bandanas on a bull

White cowboy hats

Cricket flour sold for a dollar

Five kids on the rock

Hands to the sky

Cheering for the critters

As they ride by

In a brown hurricane

Pre-Chorus

Postcards on a dashboard line

Stamp it with a nickel

Drive until you find the fuse

Then you light the fire

Chorus

Worms in Waldo and crickets in the Run

Shuttle boat sailing on a lava sun

Buy a ticket

Buy a memory

Buy a ride that never ends

Kitsch fever dream

America in a wide screen view

It is all for you

It is all for you

Bridge

Postmark wavy

Hilo town thirty-eight

Linen paper crackling

Linen paper curling

Linen paper burning

Willie folded three weird worlds

Into one weird world

Chorus

Worms in Waldo and crickets in the Run

Shuttle boat sailing on a lava sun

Buy a ticket

Buy a memory

Buy a ride that never ends

Kitsch fever dream

America in a wide screen view

It is all for you

It is all for you