Pioneers (Astronauts and Kaintucks)

Like the rockets over Cape Canaveral, I'm shooting up almost every night
 Launching through the stars and black above you chasing after the streaks of light
 I'm not thinking about the vibration, hoping nothing terminates this flight
 Remembering how it felt to be sixteen forever just once in your life
 Let's make a toast
 We'll drink this damn river dry
 Follow the banks to the coast
 Chasing a Gulf sunrise
 These ain't tears, just dust from the years gone by in my eyes
 Wrong or right
 Good lord willing and the creek don't rise
 My shirts wadded on the floor by the rough sketches of your face
 Like the highwaymen and kaintucks, lost and wandering the Natchez Trace
 I'm still chasing broken dreams, but remembering is such a fight
 Seems like you make me feel like I was sixteen forever just once in my life
 Let's make a toast
 We'll drink this damn river dry
 Follow the banks to the coast
 Chasing a Gulf sunrise
 These ain't tears, just dust from the years gone by in my eyes
 Wrong or right
 Good lord willing and the creek don't rise
 I'll keep these glasses tinted your rose shaded hue
 I'll count every star that reminds me of you
 Well, I'd lie if I had the guts, but I spilled them in the rain
 That night we talked until dawn while hiding behind that train
 It's the knowledge of the needle and the knife
 And of being sixteen forever once in your life
 Let's make a toast
 We'll drink this damn river dry
 Follow the banks to the coast
 Chasing a Gulf sunrise
 These ain't tears, just dust from the years gone by in my eyes
 Wrong or right
 Good lord willing and the creek don't rise