Headlight Days

headlight days
burn me at both ends
eight to eight
I'm getting the bends
coming up too fast
growing up too fast
moving altogether too fast

headlights turn
snowflakes into stars
lights that burn
stretching out for yards
never far enough
never strong enough
never burning quite bright enough

we'll move on
we'll all move away
but our song
continues to play
it will play for years
and it will take years
but we will all survive the years

we will smile
and we will be strong
for a while
we will carry on
the sun will go down
the earth will go round
and we'll all end up underground