When I was younger, I was so optimistic I've bought records from a mail-order catalog I'm in and out and I think too much No one likes someone that ain't no fun But the venue is killing my eardrums The band that's playing is a bit too much The first band's so optimistic We're in the parking lot, everyone's in the parking lot ♪ I saw the room was filling up I didn't think anyone would come The second band is wrapping up The night's young I guess, I thought it was dead 'Cause the venue is killing my eardrums The band that's playing is a bit too much The first band's so optimistic I'm in the parking lot, everyone's in the parking lot In the parking lot I'm in the parking lot ♪ I wouldn't want to give up, in a Tulsa parking lot Everyone just showed up, in a Tulsa parking lot We don't mean to disrespect, in a Tulsa parking lot Everyone's outside, in a Tulsa parking lot The venue is killing my eardrums The band that's playing is a bit too much The first band's so optimistic I'm in the parking lot, everyone's in the parking lot In the parking lot I'm in the parking lot In the parking lot, everyone's in the parking lot In the parking lot, everyone's in the parking lot In the parking lot, everyone's in the parking lot In the parking lot, everyone's in the parking lot