Track 1 of the album Borrowed Time · 2017
We Used to Be the Loud Ones
“We wrote the pact on a rooftop when we were kids and kept it. This is the song we open with now, hands in the air.”
folk rock · heartland anthem · gang vocals · 3:46
Lyrics
We had a pact on a rooftop in June Two kids with a cheap guitar out of tune Said we'd never grow up, never part, never change Now your name's just a thing on my phone out of range Somewhere there was a year that we missed A birthday, a funeral, a toast, a list Nobody left, nobody broke a thing We just let go of the string, the string We used to be the loud ones, the whole town knew Singing off-key down the avenue Now it's just silence and a number I know Hey, I'm still the same kid, if you want to say hello Oh, we used to be the loud ones, let's make some noise Pick up the phone, call me back, old boy I saw your car at a light the other day Same dented fender, same dumb bumper-sticker display I honked and I waved but the green had already come And I sat there smiling, a little bit numb So here's me on a highway with the windows down Singing our old song through the next little town If you hear it on the radio, don't you change the dial Turn it up, turn it up, let's go a while We used to be the loud ones, the whole town knew Singing off-key down the avenue Now it's just silence and a number I know Hey, I'm still the same kid, if you want to say hello Oh, we used to be the loud ones, let's make some noise Pick up the phone, call me back, old boy Friends don't end, they just go quiet Like a porch light left on in the night We used to be the loud ones, the whole town knew Singing off-key down the avenue Now it's just silence and a number I know Hey, I'm still the same kid, if you want to say hello Oh, we used to be the loud ones, let's make some noise Pick up the phone, call me back, old boy Hey, hey, we were the loud ones Hey, hey, we can be again