Delaware

Chorus (Shane Palko)
Will you hold me close in your memories?
Will you smile when you dream of my open doors?
Will you hold me close in your memories?
I smile when you land on distant shores

Verse 1 (jason chu)
Now let me celebrate my town a little bit
To keep it humble, people forget that we exist
Odds are good, they don't know anyone that reps
But you know: anything precious is often scarce
This is a love song to cold nights and rainy winters
Headlights on Kirkwood Highway in December
Slidin down Lancaster Pike at like 6 AM and Wawa's diet peach iced tea, the taste still lingers
To all the townies, who grew up on Main Street
Half your high school class wound up at UD
Sneakin in the Stone Balloon with fake ID, get kicked out, then we hang out in the side streets
Rehoboth summer breaks and Hockessin Soccer Leagues
Three Little Bakers and Kahunaville, RIP
I been all around the world but still I never leave cuz everywhere I go, I bring it with me in my memories

Chorus (Shane Palko)
Will you hold me close in your memories?
Will you smile when you dream of my open doors?
Will you hold me close in your memories?
I smile when you land on distant shores

Verse 2 (jason chu)
Now let me first of all acknowledge what it is
To keep it honest often I wanted to just forget
Spent half of my lifetime just runnin from the past - but I
Circled the track to see it made me who I am
So it's a love song to warm nights and wet summers
Two showers a day, the sweat still runnin
Happy Harry's, runnin errands on a low budget
Rita's Italian Ice, eatin cold custard
Sheel's basement, Woodside Creamery, The Harmony Grange, White Clay Creek scenery
Often dreamed of escapin to Philly secretly, instead we loitered in the Newark Shopping Center frequently
These are the places that raised me right
95 percent of yall might not get that life
That's fine, because it's not why I write
It's to connect me to my roots so I can reach towards the light

Chorus (Shane Palko)
Will you hold me close in your memories?
Will you smile when you dream of my open doors?
Will you hold me close in your memories?
I smile when you land on distant shores