[Verse 1]

If I were a few generations younger

Who would know

What I'd like and what I'd do

My taste in music, taste in clothes

Perhaps I'd meet a girl who likes the things I do

And maybe more

We'd take my thunderbird for a summer trip

Down to the shore

[Pre-Chorus]

Homecoming can

Only come so soon

It's time to go back in time

And come run away with you

[Chorus]

And I hope you are still alive, though it ain't 1955

I would be right there by your side, if I was born in '39

Maybe we could build a boat and sail across the sea

But you're far away from me, not just by length but by an eternity

[Verse 2]

I can see your face, your hair-sprayed hair

And polka-dotted dress

I got suspenders, got my thick-rimmed glasses

And my hair's a mess

But you don't care, we just sip our milkshakes

And theorize 'bout the moon

Listen to Perry Como, I'd get jealous

As you swoon

[Pre-Chorus]

Homecoming can

Only come so soon

It's time to go back in time

And come run away with you

[Chorus]

And I hope you are still alive, though it ain't 1955

I would be right there by your side, if I was born in '39

Maybe we could build a boat and sail across the sea

But you're far away from me, not just by length but by an eternity

[Synthesizer Solo]

[Bridge]

Maybe we can build a boat and sail across the sea

No electric light will blind us from the starry sky

I take your hand, you'd be mine, and in my car at the drive-in

The radio is all we need to feel alive

Build a rocket ship and fly into the moon and never come back

(I need you here)

I'll see you on the edge of the galaxy as we run on for miles

(I need you here)

[Chorus]

And I hope you are still alive, though it ain't 1955

I would be right there by your side, if I was born in '39

Maybe we could build a boat and sail across the sea

But you're far away from me, not just by length but by an eternity