It lasted all summer We'd drive through the night, find a place to park and discover That the truth seems truer here in the dark The records spun for days Hiding from the cops in the cigarette haze It was a game we played Cul-de-sac kids with suburban accolades Do you remember when the songs used to write themselves We plugged in and it all came out Are you listening, Are you listening Now it takes to long and it ends too soon The chorus just ain't the same without you Are you listening, Are you listening We were shot from a gun Only 19 but the damage had been done Hard as a stone but a cracking one The tight rope swayed and swayed High above the streets where we used to play We were kings that day The morning sun came and burned our castles away Do you remember when the songs used to write themselves We plugged in and it all came out Are you listening, Are you listening Now it takes to long and it ends too soon The chorus just ain't the same without you Are you listening, Are you listening I guess we're all burned out There's nothing left to sing about The drug store right by my house to third street with the windows down They may have been paper crowns, but I swear, we owned this town Do you remember when the songs used to write themselves We plugged in and it all came out Are you listening, Are you listening Now it takes to long and it ends too soon The chorus just ain't the same without you Are you listening, Are you listening Are you listening, Are you listening