Eyes closed, I'm in my own little lifeboat A few hundred miles off the West Coast Wishing I always had you close Drifting beside me But I know if it were as simple as boarding A flight to you, I would be soaring You say goodnight, but it's morning Perfectly fine But I know If you came here tonight And I looked in your eyes I would hold you so close If I ever let go I don't think I'd survive Oh, the things I would do Just to be here with you I would scream at the stars For keeping us apart And the government too Did you know that the continent's sliding? In ten million years, we're colliding At least we won't have to be flying Isn't it nice to imagine? In twenty years, we'll all be laughing One of our kids will be asking Since you both made all this happen How does it feel to just know? If you came here tonight And I looked in your eyes I would hold you so close If I ever let go I don't think I'd survive Oh, the things I would do Just to be here with you I would scream at the stars For keeping us apart And the government too Ah-ah-ah Ah-ah-ah Ah-ah-ah Ah-ah-ah Ah-ah-ah Ah-ah-ah Ah-ah-ah How does it feel to just know? If you came here tonight And I looked in your eyes I would hold you so close If I ever let go I don't think I'd survive Oh, the things I would do Just to be here with you I would scream at the stars For keeping us apart And the government too