"We Were" lyrics

"We Were"

We were just a couple years short of the age by my name on a fake ID
And still, 'bout a hundred away from the day your daddy said you could run with me
We were a couple of line-steppers who just couldn't wait to step over the line
Never thinking we wouldn't last, I was your first and you were mine

And we were leather jackets, hangin' onto a Harley, two heartbeats in the moonlight
We were, both feet hanging out over the edge of the water tower skyline
At least there's a little bit of sweet in the bitter, though a part of me is always gonna miss her
I am who I am, I just miss who I was when we were

We were gonna make it, weren't we baby,had it all laid out in our mind
By the time we knew time was running out we'd done run out of time
And we were downtown Saturday night, last-call cover band
'Til the last song played, never thought we'd fade like the stamp on the back of her hand

We were, her on my shoulders, lighter in the air, "Pour Some Sugar On Me"
We were a top down in Johnson's field when she whispered that she wants me
At least there's a little bit of sweet in the bitter, though a part of me is always gonna miss her
I am who I am, I just miss who I was when we were

We were leather jackets, hangin' onto a Harley, two heartbeats in the moonlight
We were, both feet hanging out over the edge of the water tower skyline
At least there's a little bit of sweet in the bitter, though a part of me is always gonna miss her
I am who I am, I just miss who I was when we were
Yes, I do

My friends say, "Oh. well. Let that ship sail. You gotta let go of her."
Just wasn't meant to be, but somewhere down deep I still believe that we were


Writer(s): Erich Church, Harold Ryan Tyndell, Jeff Hyde
Keith Urban said of this song, "I like the idea that life just happens. At some point, in the moment or not, you just gotta go with it."
The singer described his emotions upon hearing "We Were" for the first time by saying, "The imagery is so strong - a stamp on the back of a hand, a Saturday night cover band, the girlfriend (or boyfriend) we ran with and a fake ID (which, of course, I never had). So many of us can relate, or likely will relate, at some point!"
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