Well you were flying The kids chased you with a net Cuz you were glowing The brightest bug they'd ever met You were determined Evasive with a stroke of luck Til you wound up on the windshield of a truck Til you wound up on the windshield of a truck
Cuz nothing can glow forever Every light goes out before long You thought you'd be worse off in a net, but you were wrong
Nothing can glow forever It's foolish to believe otherwise A firefly looks like any other bug when it dies
So, I tell them I've caught a glow worm in a jar I will be cool now Cuz It's the brightest one by far And then I show them It doesn't glow like it once did Cuz I forgot to poke holes in the lid Cuz I forgot to poke holes in the lid
Nothing will glow forever To say the opposite would be untrue If you don't take proper precaution Some bug will make a liar out of you
Nothing can glow forever it could last a billion years or so Every time you look at the sky Know that someday every last star will explode Every last star will explode
Now if you're jealous Of bioluminescent bugs I must inform you They only live a couple months That's if they're lucky And they aren't trapped inside a jar Or plastered to the headlight of a car Or going super nova like a star