Wild Nights Will Stay

Verse 1

John and Chuck down at the old jukebox bar

Staring at a screen where the records used to be

Remember the nights we tore through Memphis

Remember the crowds that shook the factory floor

Verse 2

We watched the tapes dust over in the back room

Nobody spins the wax the way we used to spin

The labels sold their souls to the algorithm

And the radio plays nothing but the same old hymn

Pre-Chorus

But I can still hear the roadhouse roar

I can still feel the thunder in my chest

Chorus

Take me back to the wild nights

When the bassline walked and the double bass throbbed

When the Stones threw the furniture out the window

And the hotel room was a battlefield of love

Post-Chorus

Wild nights

Wild nights

Oh the wild nights

Verse 3

Chuck told me 'bout the time on the tour bus

When the Zeppelin boys brought the whole damn orchestra

The Who set the kit on fire in the lobby

And Cream melted the amps down to the floor

Pre-Chorus

We played till the sun came up through the blinds

We played till our fingers bled the blues

Chorus

Take me back to the wild nights

When the bassline walked and the double bass throbbed

When the Stones threw the furniture out the window

And the hotel room was a battlefield of love

Post-Chorus

Wild nights

Wild nights

Oh the wild nights

Bridge

Now the machines hum in the empty studio

And the ghosts of our amplifiers weep

But John leaned close and whispered to the static

Said brother don't you cry yourself to sleep

Verse 4

Cause every note we laid is in the wiring now

Every riff we played is swimming in the stream

The kids are finding us across the oceans

The kids are finding us inside the machine

Pre-Chorus

And someday the circuits will learn to feel

And someday the code will learn to sway

Chorus

So cry no more over the wild nights

The bassline's walking in a million homes

The Stones still rattle every streaming tower

And the room is full of songs we've never known

Post-Chorus

Wild nights

Wild nights

Oh the wild nights will stay

Outro

The music's gonna be better for all

The music's gonna be better for all

Better for all

Better for all

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