Track 3 of the album Borrowed Time · 2017
Cap and Gown in the Back of the Van
“Rented gown, tassel in my eyes, band in the parking lot. Graduation was just the first show we ever left early for.”
folk rock · coming-of-age rock · singalong · 2:50
Lyrics
Rented gown that smells like gym Tassel hangin' in my eyes Mama's cryin' in the bleachers Daddy's pretendin' it's the wind Four of us in a borrowed van Diplomas on the dashboard stand Windows down on the county road Nowhere left to go but on So throw your cap up to the sky Let it fall where it may land We're the ones who made it through With a map we never planned Oh, sing it loud for the ones we were Sing it loud for the ones we'll be Throw your cap up to the sky There's a whole wide road for me Teacher said that I'd go far I said I'd settle for the car Radio plays our favorite song We forgot half the words but sing along So throw your cap up to the sky Let it fall where it may land We're the ones who made it through With a map we never planned Oh, sing it loud for the ones we were Sing it loud for the ones we'll be Throw your cap up to the sky There's a whole wide road for me Maybe we'll scatter like dandelion seed Maybe we'll write when we can But tonight there's a sunset ahead of us And the best friends in the land So throw your cap up to the sky Let it fall where it may land We're the ones who made it through With a map we never planned Oh, sing it loud for the ones we were Sing it loud for the ones we'll be Throw your cap up to the sky There's a whole wide road for me There's a whole wide road for me