57 Chevy

[Verse 1]
I drove by a church today
Little white letters on a sign
A man's name at 12 o'clock
I guess he ran out of time
Saw a hearse out front with the curtains drawn
Coulda sworn I heard a hallelujah song
Got me thinkin' 'bout how we get to where we're goin' when we're gone

[Chorus]
I've always been a little throwback
Wishin' I could go back to a simpler time
Mayberry, Saturday Nick at Nite
Everybody cool like JFK and Elvis
Firecrackers, snow cone melting down a pretty girl's hand
Drivin' to call my granddaddy
Life is short and everybody thinks it ends with a ridе in a long black Cadillac
Or a chariot of fire but it ain't like that
Though I'd like to think whеn we go that we go to Heaven
Ridin' in a sky blue, like new '57 Chevy, yeah

[Verse 2]
Life is a just a road trip in a hand-me-down time machine
The back seat first kiss, breaking hearts and chasing dreams
Tryna find the yellow brick down every dirt road
Drivin' fast on the long way home
A little Detroit city static on my AM radio

[Chorus]
I've always been a little throwback
Wishin' I could go back to a simpler time
Mayberry, Saturday Nick at Nite
Everybody cool like JFK and Elvis
Firecrackers, snow cone melting down a pretty girl's hand
Drivin' to call my granddaddy
Life is short and everybody thinks it ends with a ride in a long black Cadillac
Or a chariot of fire but it ain't like that
Though I'd like to think when we go that we go to Heaven
Ridin' in a sky blue, like new '57 Chevy, yeah

[Outro]
'57 Chevy, yeah
You can call me sentimental
Oh, but life is just a rental
And it don't end with a ride in a long black Cadillac
Or a chariot of fire, no, it ain't like that
Though I'd like to think when we go that we go to Heaven
Ridin' in a sky blue, like new '57 Chevy, yeah
'57 Chevy, yeah
(Always been a little throwback, wishin' I could go back, mmm)