Before We Knew They Were Good

Album: Drinks After Work (2013)
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  • Five young guns, four old Fords between us
    Never more than a couple of 'em run at a time
    Bold and bored, standin' and gasolinin'
    Makin' sparks with anything we could find
    We love that town but we were seventeeners
    Ridin' around giving it the finger

    Those days we made it last all night
    Those girls we thought were just all right
    Those kids that town misunderstood
    They were great
    Before we knew they were good

    Sweatin' in the sun 'cuz
    Havin' fun takes money
    Paid for our crazy cuttin' grass
    Waitin' on the front porch
    For little miss milk and honey
    Smellin' like Marlboros and lawnmower gas
    We parked that Galaxy out there where the milo grew
    Two beginners tryin' to show each other what they knew

    Those days we made it last all night
    Those girls we thought were just all right
    Those kids that town misunderstood
    They were great before we knew they

    Caged birds singing, waitin' on their wings and
    Learnin' to fly (before we knew they were good)
    One day they're on the ground and then you turn around
    They're all in the sky

    Those days we made it last all night
    Those girls we thought were just all right
    Those kids that town misunderstood
    They were great
    Before we knew they were good

    Before we knew they were good
    They were great Writer/s: BOBBY PINSON, MELVERN RIVERS II RUTHERFORD, TOBY KEITH
    Publisher: Audiam, Inc., MUSIC ADMIN, INC., TKO ARTIST MANAGEMENT, Universal Music Publishing Group
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