Hopewell Junction Kids

[Verse 1] Dead-end tracks Rust on the rails Hopewell sign Bent Missing nails Cheap beer breath Behind the Price Chopper Candle on the guardrail Another name on the locker Mom’s old Buick Parked by the green Learning to drive Learning to scream Passed-out friend Blue in the face Paramedics flying Through a 30 mile place [Chorus] We were Hopewell Junction kids White crosses by the road we lived Every siren Knew a name Grew up tough so we don’t cave Writing oaths on cracked home plates If we get out We take their flames (we take their flames) [Verse 2] Gravel driveways Burnt spoon shine Guidance office “You’ll be fine” Funeral Fridays Black hood row Same priest Reading lines he knows Snapchat story “yo Where you at?” Next day flowers Taped to a guardrail crack Empty desk Homeroom chair Yearbook pages Ghosts everywhere [Chorus] We were Hopewell Junction kids White crosses by the road we lived Every siren Knew a name Grew up tough so we don’t cave Writing oaths on cracked home plates If we get out We take their flames (we take their flames) [Bridge] Hands up For the ones who stayed Hands up For the ones in frames We don’t break We bend We change Still hear your laugh In the Hudson rain [Chorus] We’re still Hopewell Junction kids Scarred hearts but we still resist Every siren Still a name We stand up so you’re not erased Tattooed dates and Jersey plates If we get out You’re in our veins (you’re in our veins)