Back when freedom was a stranger But it was something we felt I found myself a girl friend I couldn't believe it myself We took a Chevy citation That a friend would let us use When we got tired of waiting For what we wanted to do I had her crawling up the window She had me shaking in my seat I could smell her on my fingers She said I tasted so sweet Just some West Virginia back roads There never was much else Jam a tape into the player I couldn't believe it myself Those drums they shook the speakers The bass it shook me to the core If the Boss had been a preacher He could 've led us to the lord And they sang so true Just two rock n' roll spirits With nothing better to do Now the past it is a stranger And I found someone else Got car payments and a mortgage I can't believe it myself But I don't mind getting older If you get smarter when you do And the burdens that you shoulder Well, that's what defines you I'm sure they crushed the citation I know the 8 track broke We're such a complicated nation But I still got rock n' roll