The World in 1984

[Verse 1]
"When our column advanced
And we saw what we have done
We were sure that we could never tell
The folks back home,"
Said my father to me
I had just turned sixteen
And we were walking from my school
To his apartment alone

And he said
"You'd think the world you are in would always remain
But some worlds can just disappear
Some worlds you enter just for seconds at a time
And some last until you are forgiven."

[Verse 2]
When my mother and me take the drive into town
I can't tell if she's lost in thought or lost where we are
She turns the radio to 92 Star
Where Ronnie Milsap sings what he would not have missed it for

And she says
"What do you think you're gonna do with your life?"
And I say
"You've got to teach me to drive"
She just laughs at that
And musses my hair and says
"Kid you are lucky to be alive."