We Were Cool - Lori McKenna

His brother had a Chevy Malibu

I was sitting in the back seat

On some dead end road

We weren’t supposed to know

I remember thinking he would break my heart

I was green as an evergreen

But I fell right in

Never the same again

Duran Duran on the radio

The Wild Boys and the days of gold

I was sitting on his right

On his left was a fresh tattoo

And man

We were cool

His daddy had a drinking problem

My daddy worked way too hard

And we were both running from

What we swore we’d never become

Killing time in a Walgreens parking lot

Mapping out dreams that never came true

When freedom’s all you want

Freedom’s really all you got

Smells like teen spirit on tape cassette

Before we ever heard of the internet

Redemption was a ragtop All we needed was fuel

And man

We were cool

We were gonna burn this town down

We were gonna run these streets 'till they ran out

You worked the night shift Slinging fast food

All the French fries we could stand

There was something in his eyes

I could never quite define

Then we’d race that V6 all night

And I was like putty in his hands

Memorizing back roads

Till he had to take me home

Duran Duran on the radio

And those Wild Boys would never know

We had a baby on the way

The year our friends started school

But man

We were cool

And we were gonna burn this town down

We were gonna run these streets

Till they ran out

But then dreams fade into the ever blue

And time just slips away from you

So you’re staring at each other

Remembering when

We were cool