Episode 47: Gay USA (single)

Red nails, backroads
Rainbow sticker on the dashboard glow
Fast food crown, lipstick stain
Small-town queen on an outbound train

Neon flag on a motel chair
She draws a heart in her buzzcut hair
Says, "I want girls and a getaway"
I say, "Jump in, we leave today"

We’re driving through the Gay USA
From church bells to the pride parade
From cornfields to the ocean spray
We’re kissing at every state line
Hands up in the Gay USA
Two hearts on a freeway blaze
Turn the rumors into runway
This country looks good in our shine

Truck stop ring, silver, thin
She slides it on, lets the future in
Restroom stall, marker pen
"Call me when you’re brave again"

Drag bar queens in a strip-mall light
Bless our car like a satellite
They say, "Run far, but remember this:
Revolution tastes like a roadside kiss"

We’re driving through the Gay USA
From church bells to the pride parade
From cornfields to the ocean spray
We’re kissing at every state line
Hands up in the Gay USA
Two hearts on a freeway blaze
Turn the rumors into runway
This country looks good in our shine

Red state, blue state
We paint over every hate-state
Rest stop, rest late
Her head on my lap till daybreak
Every mile a little more ours
Every scar turning into stars

We’re driving through the Gay USA
From church bells to the pride parade
From cornfields to the ocean spray
We’re kissing at every state line
Hands up in the Gay USA
Two hearts on a freeway blaze
Turn the rumors into runway
This country looks good in our shine