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 thinkin' we wouldn't last I was your first and you were mine We were leather jackets hangin' onto a Harley Two heartbeats in the moonlight We were feet hangin' 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 work weren't we, baby? Had it all laid out in our mind By the time we knew time was runnin' out We 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 top down at 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 Um-hm We were leather jackets hangin' onto a Harley Two heartbeats in the moonlight We were feet hangin' 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 Mhm, yes, I do 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