Stars

How is it that I should look at the stars? Drove out in the desert in a rental car And I climb up on the roof and lie in wait For my eyes to adjust for some peaceful state When I was a child, my mother'd send me outside On a moonless night to see the light Cast out in some ancient storm With a woolen blanket to keep me warm So overwhelmed by the beauty of the sky How could I not be? But how should I look at the stars tonight? At a million suns? None of them mine Nowhere up there is a place like this Not one waterfall, no river mist I felt dizzy, my chest clenched cold and tight It'll be 2020 tomorrow night From Salton City, I hear fireworks go off As though they're celebrating all another year has cost Or is it carelessness? Send another star into the sky Only to watch it die Fall across the black in a shining arc I swear to God, this world will break my heart