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