For Anyone Eighteen

All of the girls hoping for better things
 She didn't care; she was unaware
 All that she wanted was there in the backyard
 Blue sky, balloons in the afternoons
 Here in the dark, she feels her first heartbeat
 She throws back the shade to the sunshine
 Nothing could stop him from moving closer
 He turns to a clock as their legs entwine
 All of the boys waiting for something
 He didn't wait; he took everything
 His face like a child's, his hands like an old man's
 He sang all the time and he couldn't sing
 Here in the dark, he wants to forget her
 Run to the rooftop and fly away
 She covers his eyes and tells him to make a wish
 He laughs, but it ends in a sigh
 He laughs, but it ends in a sigh
 He laughs
 But it ends
 In a sigh