"The License Plate Game" lyrics
Jeremy Jordan, Sara Kays & Kevin Atwater Lyrics
(from "DEATHLESS (Original Studio Cast Recording)" soundtrack)
Headlines at the top of the hour
A man has tragically jumped to his death from the top of the Sears Tower
After believing the cure would prevent him from being harmed
Look, there's an Idaho
Reminds me of a kid we know from school
Fucking Liz?
When we would play she used to say
That Hayley Serling was a tool
You know she liked me, right?
Found Oklahoma
Where Hayley tried to bring our friends on prom night
Instead of partying, she thought
It might be cool to get wasted in a field under the starlight
There's a Nebraska
Like the time you wouldn't ask the way to the freeway
Drove north for hours 'til mom Googled it and said
"We're going her way"
So let's thank God that we're alive
And drive
Remembering can take most of the time
Who cares when we arrive?
Let's drive
There's enough to play to last a lifetime
There's Illinois
No, Dad, we're saying something it makes you think of, too
Like a memory or something
Like when mom told us that Chicago was the best place in America
Indiana!
Where you vomited all over the back seat
You'd turn your sirens on so we could get to Arby's
Clean it up, eat, and repeat
Okay, Ohio, where you always used to beg for us to rock climb
She'd make us do it and beat me to the second marker every single time
Guys, Alaska!
So let's thank God that we're alive
And drive (And drive, and drive, and drive)
Closer to you every passing mile
Who cares when we arrive?
Let's drive (And drive, and drive, and drive)
Going somewhere different all the while
Haha, hold on a second
What is that?
That's when we found it at the library
You're annoyed that he's annoyed?
No
I spy a place we used to go
We'd race around in snowshoes
And Mom would try to ski but barely
I spy the diner off the highway
Where I'd get pancakes gooey
And all you'd taste are Reese's Pieces
Denny's!
I spy something sweet and crunchy
It always beats the munchies
Especially when it's slightly salted
Corn!
I spy a certain kind of maze
On Halloween, Haley would always
Shriek that it was really haunted
So corny
That was one time!
I spy a rock on the horizon
That your mother tried to lift
Oh my God, yes!
I spy a sign for Indiana
Where a little girl I know refused to turn off Taylor Swift
Heh, heh, heh
And Michelle got mad and said she's now the ruler of the radio
Alphabet game
Apples on the dashboard
Barbecue joint off Route 81
That sign for Carbondale
The Denny's on the street
The day the Royals won
Emperor Chinese
Field where you and Mom helped me find my glasses
Grass
Hummer
Illinois, Jack in the Box
Kite we tried to fly instead of falling on our asses
Louisiana
Picture from Mom
Nebraska
So let's thank God that we're alive
We drive and drive and drive and drive, remember
Who cares when we arrive?
We drive and drive and drive and drive, remember
A man has tragically jumped to his death from the top of the Sears Tower
After believing the cure would prevent him from being harmed
Look, there's an Idaho
Reminds me of a kid we know from school
Fucking Liz?
When we would play she used to say
That Hayley Serling was a tool
You know she liked me, right?
Found Oklahoma
Where Hayley tried to bring our friends on prom night
Instead of partying, she thought
It might be cool to get wasted in a field under the starlight
There's a Nebraska
Like the time you wouldn't ask the way to the freeway
Drove north for hours 'til mom Googled it and said
"We're going her way"
So let's thank God that we're alive
And drive
Remembering can take most of the time
Who cares when we arrive?
Let's drive
There's enough to play to last a lifetime
There's Illinois
No, Dad, we're saying something it makes you think of, too
Like a memory or something
Like when mom told us that Chicago was the best place in America
Indiana!
Where you vomited all over the back seat
You'd turn your sirens on so we could get to Arby's
Clean it up, eat, and repeat
Okay, Ohio, where you always used to beg for us to rock climb
She'd make us do it and beat me to the second marker every single time
Guys, Alaska!
So let's thank God that we're alive
And drive (And drive, and drive, and drive)
Closer to you every passing mile
Who cares when we arrive?
Let's drive (And drive, and drive, and drive)
Going somewhere different all the while
Haha, hold on a second
What is that?
That's when we found it at the library
You're annoyed that he's annoyed?
No
I spy a place we used to go
We'd race around in snowshoes
And Mom would try to ski but barely
I spy the diner off the highway
Where I'd get pancakes gooey
And all you'd taste are Reese's Pieces
Denny's!
I spy something sweet and crunchy
It always beats the munchies
Especially when it's slightly salted
Corn!
I spy a certain kind of maze
On Halloween, Haley would always
Shriek that it was really haunted
So corny
That was one time!
I spy a rock on the horizon
That your mother tried to lift
Oh my God, yes!
I spy a sign for Indiana
Where a little girl I know refused to turn off Taylor Swift
Heh, heh, heh
And Michelle got mad and said she's now the ruler of the radio
Alphabet game
Apples on the dashboard
Barbecue joint off Route 81
That sign for Carbondale
The Denny's on the street
The day the Royals won
Emperor Chinese
Field where you and Mom helped me find my glasses
Grass
Hummer
Illinois, Jack in the Box
Kite we tried to fly instead of falling on our asses
Louisiana
Picture from Mom
Nebraska
So let's thank God that we're alive
We drive and drive and drive and drive, remember
Who cares when we arrive?
We drive and drive and drive and drive, remember
