Starlite Drive-In Saturday Night

I played on the swings ‘til it got dark - found where mom and dad had parked
Settled into my jammies all warm and tight
Started out with a few cartoons
Caught the rising of the moon
Starlight Drive-In Saturday Night

Back in 1953
My hometown made history
With the county’s only outdoor movie screen
You don’t see drive-ins now at all
They’re parking lots and shopping malls
But back then it was quite a scene

A gravel lot, a movie screen, standing in the dark
Roll down your window – hang a speaker on your car
Your paid by the carload, stop and hit your lights
Starlight Drive-in Saturday Night

When high school weekends rolled around
We’d head in with half the town
And a couple of friends in the trunk hidden out of sight
The social scene of the town’s who’s who
The rest of us, we went too
Starlite Drive-In Saturday Night

A gravel lot, a movie screen, standing in the dark
Stagger from the snack bar try to find your car
Steamy windows every now and then a fight
Starlite Drive-In Saturday Night
Starlite Drive-In Saturday Night

They tore it down in '92
Our hanging out days they were through
I don’t what kids do these days for fun
But on that site, you know what’s cool?
They built the Starlight Grammar School
That’s the only hip thing this town has ever done

A gravel lot, a movie screen, standing in the dark
Drive off with a speaker waive at the guard
If I could go back in time I just might
Starlite Drive-In Saturday Night
Starlite Drive-In Saturday Night
Starlite Drive-In Saturday Night