[INTRO — SPARSE GUITAR, LOW ATMOSPHERE] [LEAD — CLOSE, TENDER] October skies still make me look up... [BACKGROUND — SOFT] Look up... [VERSE 1] [LEAD] We used to chase those open roads, two engines underneath the sky, wind rolling hard around us, never watching time go by. When evening gave the daylight back, I'd stop and catch the view, take a picture of the moon— knowing you were taking one too. [BACKGROUND] One from me... One from you... [PRE-CHORUS] [LEAD] You'd send me yours, I'd send you mine, then your name would light my phone— [BACKGROUND — PLAYFUL] Dad won again. [CHORUS] [LEAD] You always caught the moon a little better than I could, silver hanging in the darkness like you somehow knew it would. I'd swear I'd finally beat you, then your picture would come through. I'd shake my head and smile— I could never outshoot you. Dad, all these years later, there's one thing still that's true— Whenever I look up, I'm still looking for you. [BACKGROUND] Looking for you... [VERSE 2] [LEAD] I miss those motorcycles, your engine somewhere close to mine, the miles we left behind us with nothing chasing us but time. Now when I'm out there riding and evening starts to fall, I see that silver breaking through and reach for my phone at all. [BACKGROUND] Take the picture... [CHORUS] [LEAD] You always caught the moon a little better than I could. I'd find myself a perfect shot— somehow yours was always good. I'd wait to see your picture like I already somehow knew— I'd caught myself a beautiful moon... Dad, you'd caught it too. [BACKGROUND] You caught it too... [BRIDGE — STRIPPED BACK] [LEAD] October comes, the nights turn colder, the kind of sky you would've chased. And on the eleventh I'll be looking for that moon we always raced. I'll take my picture like I used to, half expecting yours again. Dad... you win tonight. [BACKGROUND] You win tonight... [FINAL CHORUS] [LEAD] You always caught the moon, like somehow it belonged to you. I'd find it hanging over my road— you'd find a better view. So on your birthday I'll keep riding with that October moon above, two wheels, an open road, and every mile still filled with us. And if it shines a little brighter on the eleventh night, I'll know you found the perfect spot and caught it one more time. [BACKGROUND] One more time... [OUTRO — NEARLY BARE] [LEAD] Happy birthday, Dad. I'll take my picture from down here... you take yours from heaven. And just like always— I already know... yours will be better. [BACKGROUND — FINAL] You always caught the moon. Happy birthday Dad, your lil girl misses you.
