[Verse 1] Maybe your granddad kept his dogtags hanging on the rearview And maybe your mama drove you around in a Chevy Nova bright blue Might’ve got your 16 first date, yes at a slider in the drivethrough Down Main Street, she was so cute, ended up just friends If it sounds like it could’ve been you, or it’s somewhere you might’ve been Can I get an amen [Chorus] For a roman candle sky A July praying for rain Yeah, sparks out the window, cigarette Withering silhouette caught in the flames The keys to a fix-it-up dream A love, and a first-crush heart And to not knowing the secrets of life But damn sure knowing where it starts Amen, amen, amen [Verse 2] And maybe you shot some bullet holes through tail of a windmill Stuck a cross in some flowers by the road on the edge of a weed field And maybe that scar on your hands from a midnight parking lot disagreement with one of your buddies
So you squared off, then you made up With a tailgate cold beer apology Just some memories that’ll always be [Chorus] In a roman candle sky A July praying for rain Yeah, sparks out the window, cigarette Withering silhouette caught in the flames The keys to a fix-it-up dream A love, and a first-crush heart And to not knowing the secrets of life But damn sure knowing where it starts Amen, amen, amen [Bridge] Yeah, amen Ooh, amen [Chorus] For a roman candle sky A July praying for rain Yeah, sparks out the window, cigarette Withering silhouette caught in the flames The keys to a fix-it-up dream A love, and a first-crush heart And to not knowing the secrets of life But damn sure knowing where it starts Amen, amen, amen Ooh, amen