Track 1 of the album Loud and Wrong and Ours · 2023
Loud and Wrong and Ours
“A man told us to turn it down, so we turned it up. This is our whole creed, and it has to open the record.”
folk rock · anthemic rock · gang vocals · 3:32
Lyrics
The man at the club said turn it down Said nobody wants to hear A four-piece band from nowhere Singing out of tune and sincere We loaded up the van that night With a laugh and a middle-finger grin Parked behind the bowling alley And we plugged the amps back in We're loud and wrong and ours Under a thousand stars Out of key but in the right place Gang vocals and guitars You can lock the door, you can kill the sound You can't tell us how to feel We're loud and wrong and ours And every word is real A kid on a skateboard stopped to listen Then his friends rolled in A lady in her slippers came out With a beer and a crooked grin We played it badly, played it proud The harmonica cracked and wailed And nobody ever told us no Because we didn't know we failed We're loud and wrong and ours Under a thousand stars Out of key but in the right place Gang vocals and guitars You can lock the door, you can kill the sound You can't tell us how to feel We're loud and wrong and ours And every word is real So here's to every garage band Every busted amp Every broken heart that learned to sing Under a parking lot lamp Raise it up, raise it high Let the whole town hear We're not here to be perfect We're just here We're loud and wrong and ours Under a thousand stars Out of key but in the right place Gang vocals and guitars You can lock the door, you can kill the sound You can't tell us how to feel We're loud and wrong and ours And every word is real Loud and wrong and ours Every word is real