We took ventura highway to the sunshine state

Where they raised their hands to jesus as they passed the plate

Oh, and every day we spent there was valentine's day

There's a new team, out in queens, 8teen.

And the girl made in japan was made for me to hold

When vincent lent an ear the night the thunder rolled

And the ride we took together was a rodeo

Big dreams, six strings, 8teen.

And for everyone born 8teen runnin' wild and free

From the pearly gates of heaven to the fiery sea

Know that each will teach of passage through the trinity

God's gift runneth 'ore my cup

Call it a blessing or you call it luck

It all adds up to 8teen.

And we heard about the letters kept beside his bed

And how he never could forget her or the words she said

That will forever be enshrined and underlined in red

Such sad scenes, so pristine, 8teen.

He rode that silver bullet 'cross the borderline

There beneath the maple leaf signed to the nimbus 9

And the song he hummed that night moves me every time

Fourteen, and so green, 8teen.

And for everyone born 8teen runnin' wild and free

From the pearly gates of heaven to the fiery sea

Know that each will teach of passage through the trinity

God's gift runneth 'ore my cup

Call it a blessing or you call it luck

It all adds up to 8teen.

Forever frozen now in time

The night the miracle occurred

They walked on water in my mind

Jc and uncle herb

Though we never heard the words

It all adds up to 8teen.

And for everyone born 8teen runnin' wild and free

From the pearly gates of heaven to the fiery sea

Know that each will teach of passage through the trinity

God's gift runneth 'ore my cup

Call it a blessing or you call it luck

It all adds up to 8teen.