Kings of a Nowhere Town

Intro

Turn it up, let the old record play

Take me back to another day

Verse 1

Saturday night on a boulevard

Chrome on the cars and we played our cards

Denim jackets, boots on the ground

Rock 'n' roll shaking the whole damn town

We had a six-pack, we had gasoline

A radio singing through the limousine

Laughing loud with the windows down

We were kings of a nowhere town

Pre-Chorus

Oh, those nights

Under yellow street lights

We thought they'd never end

We were young back then

Chorus

The shadow knows our name

From the days that never came

Back around like an old refrain

Through the sunshine, through the rain

The shadow knows our name

And the old songs sound the same

Turn the record, let it play

Take us back to yesterday

Verse 2

Sunday afternoon by the record store

Twenty-five cents and we'd ask for more

A little soul, a little rock 'n' roll

A little rhythm running through our souls

Jenny wore flowers in her hair

Johnny had a Fender and a broken chair

Tom had a dream and a beat-up van

We had the whole wide world in our hands

Pre-Chorus

Oh, those nights

Under neon lights

We had nowhere we had to be

Just the boys and the old crew, free

Chorus

The shadow knows our name

From the days that never came

Back around like an old refrain

Through the sunshine, through the rain

The shadow knows our name

And the old songs sound the same

Turn the record, let it play

Take us back to yesterday

Verse 3

We drove all night with the radio loud

Singing every chorus like we owned the crowd

Gas station coffee, twenty-nine cents

Didn't need much, it all made sense

Summer nights and a midnight breeze

Guitar strings underneath the trees

We'd talk about dreams till the morning came

Every crazy night had a different name

Bridge

Now the vinyl crackles in an empty room

Dust on the records, flowers still bloom

The cars are gone, the streets have changed

But that old guitar still sounds the same

And when that melody comes rolling through

I close my eyes and I'm back with you

Not one year older, not one day gone

Just young hearts singing another song

Guitar Solo

Final Chorus

The shadow knows our name

And the old road knows the way

Back to every Friday night

Back to every neon light

The shadow knows our name

Though the years have changed the game

Turn the record, let it play

We were young yesterday

Outro

Let it play...

Let it play...

One more time before the morning comes

One more song for the ones we were

The shadow knows our name...

And somewhere down that old highway

We're still driving home.