When We Were Kings Songtext
von Brooks & Dunn

Tommy got off at the Texaco
Came busting into Norma′s Cafe
S'd, "Come on man, we gotta go
Yeah, you know how those party girls hate to wait"

Filled up his daddy′s trunk with ice and beer
Yeah, he was always stealing the old man's car
Radio never came in too clear
So I'd bang out one on my piece of junk guitar

Yeah, we ruled from the blacktop
To the levee where the party never stopped
Yeah, there was power in the night
The spirit was alive when we would sing, ah
Sha-na-na-na-na-na-na-na
When we were kings
When we were kings

Sitting around the fire one night, Tommy called my name
I turned around, he said, "Hey, what do ya think?"
Had his arm around the prettiest girl I′d ever seen
He kissed her hard and took another drink


I say, "You must be an angel putting up with this guy"
She laughed an′ said, "Play me some Rolling Stone"
I couldn't let that chance go by, yeah
I sang, You Can′t Always Get What You Want

Yeah, we ruled from the blacktop
To the levee where the party never stopped
Yeah, there was power in the night
The spirit was alive when we would sing, ah
Sha-na-na-na-na-na-na-na
When we were kings (sha-na-na-na-na-na-na-na)
When we were kings

Yeah, that was the fall of '69
I guess Uncle Sam was hedging his bet
Tommy′s number came up, he said, "Hey, I'll be fine
I′ll teach 'em a lesson they'll never forget"

Angel and I went to wave goodbye
I guess we′d always thought we′d see him again
You know, I took her out after that a couple of times, but
We always just wound up talking 'bout him


Yeah, we ruled from the blacktop
To the levee where the party never stopped
Yeah, there was power in the night
The spirit was alive when we would sing, ah
Sha-na-na-na-na-na-na-na
When we were kings (sha-na-na-na-na-na-na-na)
When we were kings

Yeah (sha-na-na-na-na-na-na-na)
When we were kings
(Sha-na-na-na-na-na-na-na)
(Hey, hey, hey, hey)
(Sha-na-na-na-na-na-na-na)
When we were kings
(Sha-na-na-na-na-na-na-na)
When we were kings
(Hey, hey, hey, hey)
(Sha-na-na-na-na-na-na-na)