Older than i used to be, younger than i'm gonna be
 
 Fewer things puzzle me than when i was young
 
 But when my pace is falling slack
 
 I catch myself thinking back
 
 A certain night, a certain summer
 
 Long gone long
 
  
  August she was swinging low
 
 Town of about a thousand-so
 
 Out of school, ready to get out of here
 
 Off to farm, off to state, each going our separate ways
 
 Graduation message still sweet in our ears
  
 
 Oh oh oh, clocks are slow
 
 Hearts beat on
 
 Long gone long
  
 
 Got into a car that night
 
 Drove out past the signal light
 
 Past the city limits, guess it wasn't that far
 
 Stopped out on a rural route
 
 Gooch got out his .22
 
 Shooting at a freight train that was hauling new cars
  
 
 Drinking underneath the stars
 
 Watching counting meteors
 
 Robert said you know those fell a hundred years ago
 
 The light is just now reaching earth
 
 I said man for what it's worth
 
 I think you are wrong and you really don't know
  
 
 Chorus
  
 
 Is something going on, i tell you nothing's going on
 
 Nothing's going on, going on, going on
 
 Is something going on, i tell you nothing's going on
 
 Nothing's going on, going on
  
 
 Goodbye to the home team, goodbye to the rinky-dinks
 
 Goodbye to a girl, down my street heading home
 
 She stepped out from behind a tree, tears running down her cheeks
 
 Goodbye to more than either of us could have known