American Night - Benchmarks

It was a middle Tennessee summer

It was 102 degrees

We had everywhere to go

And nowhere to be

And there’s a million ways for people

To get to where they go

Some like a ladder

We prefer a road

Let’s get out of here while we still can

Let’s get out of here while we’re still alive

Oh, Let’s burn, burn, burn like roman candles in the sky

Into the American night

It was a middle Tennessee night

It was a quarter after two

I decided I just won’t sleep

There’s better things to do

The Earth was still and the night was quiet

And I lay in the dew

But this can’t last forever

Because September will catch us soon

Let’s get out of here while we still can

Let’s get out of here while we’re still alive

Let’s burn, burn, burn like roman candles in the sky

Into the American Night

And I still remember the time we said

We could pack our things and head out West

Sleep under the stars and change our names

Like Wild Bill and Calamity Jane

Dodging the law and robbing trains

And no two days could be the same

Live like outlaws, never to be tamed

Let’s get out of here while we still can

Let’s get out of here while we’re still alive

Let’s burn, burn, burn like roman candles in the sky

Into the American night