The Birthday of Your Life

It was a brand new year
It was the seventh of January
I packed up my gear
That was the last they would hear from me
And we had just met
Just like that we're moving in
Getting on like little kids
So I drove alone all night
And the radio played Roy Orbison
Two lonely headlights
In the oncoming cars in the snowy wind
It took me twice the time
Going half the speed limit
Making sure I was making it
It's love, I'm out here chasing it
By noon I'm at your door
And you're laughing on the floor
And I'm singing Roy Orbison, still
You're shaking with surprise
And your face is wet with crying
The birthday of your life had come
You said the birthday of your life had come
And then two years in
I'm living in a wilderness
It's your only night off
So you drive out the highway to visit me
We're a party of two
Making moves in the window light
And in from that sunset fire
A current of life coming up our spines
Then we're spinning 'round
In a blur of light and sound
There is something touching down from somewhere
It's ancient and it's wild
And we're singing it alive
And we're seeing by the light of the song
Could this go on forever?
Is this the door to heaven?
Blue angels are letting us in
Here now take my hand and spin!