Number 69

[Verse 1]

I was seventeen and bored

on the corner where the bus line ends

You wore a jacket that your brother outgrew

and a grin you couldn't quite defend

We carved our initials in a desk that wasn't ours

then ran before the bell could ring

[Pre-Chorus]

And I still hear the screen door slam

Every summer that I've ever been

[Chorus]

Number sixty-nine on a paper map

That's the only place I ever want to be

Number sixty-nine in your father's car

Radio turned up so we couldn't hear the sea

(Na na na, na na na)

[Post-Chorus]

Oh-oh, oh-oh

Take me back, take me back

Oh-oh, oh-oh

Take me back to that

[Verse 2]

You said the town was a trap

I said the trap had a decent view

We shared a cherry Coke and a paperback

and a plan we never followed through

The gravel road kept going

so we kept the windows down

[Pre-Chorus]

And every mile felt like a promise

Every promise felt like now

[Chorus]

Number sixty-nine on a paper map

That's the only place I ever want to be

Number sixty-nine in your father's car

Radio turned up so we couldn't hear the sea

(Na na na, na na na)

[Post-Chorus]

Oh-oh, oh-oh

Take me back, take me back

Oh-oh, oh-oh

Take me back to that

[Bridge]

Bittersweet and bright

Barefoot on the tar

Borrowed time and borrowed light

I don't know where you are

But I know exactly where we were

[Chorus]

Number sixty-nine on a paper map

That's the only place I ever want to be

Number sixty-nine in your father's car

Radio turned up so we couldn't hear the sea

(Na na na, na na na)

[Post-Chorus]

Oh-oh, oh-oh

Take me back, take me back

Oh-oh, oh-oh

Take me back to that