Track 1 of the single Kodachrome Sundown · 2025
Kodachrome Sundown
“This one's pure nostalgia, written around a box of old photos and the way everything looks warmer in hindsight. The long guitar outro is us trying to hold the sunset a little longer.”
rock ballad · stadium rock · soft rock · americana · 4:30
Lyrics
Found a shoebox in the attic Full of pictures turning gold Dad is leaning on the Chevy Mama's laughing, hair unrolled Route 66 in the background Dust and sunlight, red and blue Every corner's gone to yellow But the faces still come through Oh, Kodachrome sundown Hold the light a little while Let the colors bleed together Let me see my mother smile Oh, Kodachrome sundown Burn a little slower now I would give a thousand highways To go back and look around Here's the motel with the pool Here's the roadside dinosaur Here's my brother, six years old Holding a dime-store flag of war Somebody's thumb is on the lens Somebody's eyes are closed But the whole of that summer Is in the way the shadow goes Oh, Kodachrome sundown Hold the light a little while Let the colors bleed together Let me see my mother smile Oh, Kodachrome sundown Burn a little slower now I would give a thousand highways To go back and look around Time is just a long road, friend Photographs are mile markers We all drive on to somewhere Leaving every light behind us I put the pictures in the glove box Start the engine, hit the road The sun is going down in orange And I'm carrying the load Oh, Kodachrome sundown Hold the light a little while Let the colors bleed together Let me see my mother smile Oh, Kodachrome sundown Burn a little slower now I would give a thousand highways To go back and look around Kodachrome, Kodachrome Fade out slow