We Were Cool – Lyrics
Artist: Lori McKenna
Album: Bird & The Rifle (2016)
Songwriter: Lori McKenna, Troy Verges, Caitlyn Smith
Total Time: 4:24
Structure: V | V | CH | V | V | CH | BR | V | V | CH | CH-ish
We Were Cool
VERSE
His brother had a Chevy Malibu. [ A ]
I was sitting in the back seat [ B ]
On some dead end road [ C ]
We weren’t supposed to know. [ C ]
VERSE
I remember thinking he would break my heart. [ D ]
I was green as an evergreen. [ B ]
But I fell right in, [ E ]
Never the same again. [ E ]
CHORUS
Duran Duran on the radio, [ C ]
The Wild Boys and the “Days Of Gold.” [ C ]
I was sitting on his right, on his left was a fresh tattoo, [ F ]
And man – we were cool. [ F ]
VERSE
His daddy had a drinking problem [ G ]
My daddy worked way too hard, [ D ]
And we were both running from [ G ]
What we swore we’d never become. [ G ]
VERSE
Killing time in a Walgreens parking lot [ H ]
Mapping out dreams that never came true. [ F ]
When freedom’s all you want, [ I ]
Freedom’s really all you got. [ H ]
CHORUS
“Smells Like Teen Spirit” on tape cassette [ J ]
Before we ever heard of the internet. [ J ]
Redemption was a rag-top – all we needed was fuel, [ F ]
And man – we were cool. [ F ]
BRIDGE
We were gonna burn this town down. [ K ]
We were gonna run these streets ’til they ran out. [ K ]
VERSE
You worked the night shift slinging fast food, [ F ]
All the French fries we could stand. [ L ]
There was something in his eyes [ M ]
I could never quite define. [ M ]
VERSE
Then we’d race that V6 all night, [ M ]
And I was like putty in his hands. [ L ]
Memorizing back roads [ C ]
‘Til he had to take me home. [ C ]
CHORUS
Duran Duran on the radio, [ C ]
And those Wild Boys would never know [ C ]
We had a baby on the way the year our friends started school, [ F ]
But man – we were cool [ F ]
BRIDGE
And we were gonna burn this town down [ K ]
We were gonna run these streets ’til they ran out. [ K ]
CHORUS-ISH
But then dreams fade into the ever blue, [ F ]
And time just slips away from you. [ F ]
So you’re staring at each other [ N ]
Remembering when we were cool. [ F ]
© 2016 CN Records
POV | Perspective: 1st Person | Internal
BPM: 75
Times Title In Song: 4
—– WORD COUNTS —–
Total Word Count: 296
1 Syllable Words: 205 (69%)
3+ Syllable Words: 13 (4%)
: 63 (21%)Words 7+ Characters: 29 (10%)
Words <=3 Characters: 123 (42%)
Words Appearing Only Once: 156 (53%)
—– EASY TO UNDERSTAND? —–
Reading Ease Score: 88
Reading Level: 4th Grade
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