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