The Band And I

We played Heads Up in a car in Seattle

God Rock on the radio

You look like a superstar and Dom got into Juilliard

And I'm really bad at Heads Up, what do you know?

My drummer fell for a girl in a cookie shop

He said he'd make a move, and then he went with, "Excuse me"

Came a boy and left a man, gotta give it to the band

Greatest one in Oregon, Oregon

And looking back, all I know is

It was Friday nights, it was video gold

Oh, it was shining lights, it was rock 'n' roll

It was the band and I on a 12 bed bus

And it was making and messing it up

It was endless roads, in the same old boots

Oh, it was letting go of everything but you

It was the band and I on a 12 bed bus

If we're living the dream, I hope we never wake up

Snowstorm in the middle of Texas

Called my mother in a Denny's and lied

Told her I'd been eating then, told her you were just a friend

Told her I was homesick, I hadn't thought of home twice

Drive and then we drive again to an ocean

And I think I knew it then for a moment

It was Friday nights, it was video gold

Oh, it was shining lights, it was rock 'n' roll

It was the band and I on a 12 bed bus

And it was making and messing it up

It was endless roads, in the same old boots

Oh, it was letting go of everything but you

It was the band and I on a 12 bed bus

If we're living the dream, I hope we never wake up

I hope we never wake up

I hope we never wake up

I hope we never wake up

Two nights in the El Rey went flying

I'm 21 and I feel evergreen

The band go home, I stay to write, we drive around, I stay the night

Guys, I'm pretty sure it's the American Dream

It was changing clocks, it was Tina stoned

Oh, it was midnight stops at border control

Yeah, it was power cuts, it was certain doom

It was living in the Little Rock laundry room

Oh, it was breaking down, it was falling in love

In a gas station by the pickup trucks

In Philadelphia, it was crystal clear

We are the best damn band that's ever played right here

It was magic, babe, pure and strong

It was the last man standing for the Eagles song

It was a far-flung wish when we were young

Now we're living the dream and I hope we never wake up