Intro
Dm C A# F C/E x3
[Verse 1]
Dm C
Oh, we met on a summer night
A# F C/E
On a park bench in my hometown on the 4th of July
Dm C
I played you that '73 Springsteen song
A# F C/E
I'd been staring at the stars with my lonely angel all night long
Dm C
And you played these six strings like they were part of my soul
A# F C/E
On from then it was all about guitars and getting stoned
Dm C
We watched those church bell blues go up in smoke
A# F C/E
Just rolling along when the good times rolled
[Chorus]
Dm C A# F C/E
We were gonna meet in that town by the sea
Dm C A# F C/E
There was a promise of salvation, its echoes reaching out into our dreams
A# C
There was wine on our lips and there was smoke on our breath
Dm C/E A#/F
Brought down my guards just to let you in
A# C
We were like lovers in those songs, who'd have thought that's what we'd become
Dm C/E A#/F
When we had dreams and songs to sing
F C/E A#/F
we had everything
[Verse 2]
Dm C
The night sky became a solitude
A# F C/E
As I watched the beat of those big engines side by side with you
Dm C
You told me some of your stories and I told you some of mine
A# F C/E
And I found that harmony somewhere in your longing eyes
Dm C
Countless cups of coffee, countless cigarettes
A# F C/E
Countless days and nights and smiles I swore not to forget
Dm C
Countless times we fucked the law and then fucked some more
A# F C/E
Countless times I cursed the distance to the one to come back for
[Chorus]
Dm C A# F C/E
We were gonna meet in that town by the sea
Dm C A# F C/E
There was a promise of salvation, its echoes reaching out into our dreams
A# C
There was whiskey on our lips and there was smoke on our breath
Dm C/E A#/F
Brought down my guards just to let you in
A# C
We were like lovers in those songs, so sure that that's what we'd become
Dm C/E A#/F
When we had dreams and songs to sing
F C/E A#/F
we had everything
[Guitar Solo]
Dm C A# F C/E x4
[Verse 3]
Dm C
You held me close on New Year's Eve
A# F C/E
Those shooting stars granted me my wish for you to save me
Dm C
You kept my head spinning and you made my heart sing
A# F C/E
Singing 'Hey there, lonely angel, where have you been?'
Dm C
I took you to that bar where my lost harmonies roam
A# F C/E
And I played you all these songs so I wouldn't have to spend the night alone
Dm C
Come morning the winter air was filled with snow
A# F C/E
Kissed you a thousand times goodbye and still it broke my heart to go
[Chorus]
Dm C A# F C/E
We were gonna meet in that town by the sea
Dm C A# F C/E
There was a promise of salvation, its echoes reaching out into our dreams
A# C
There was smoke on our lips and we were out of breath
Dm C/E A#/F
Brought down my guards just to let you in
A# C
We were like lovers in those songs, but that was all we would become
Dm C/E A#/F
When we had dreams and songs to sing
F C/E A#/F
Once we had everything