[Verse 1]
Cut me loose, a nine-hour excuse
A sunset visit to the reddest of states
It's new blues for the highway to choose
I-65 for when the hour is late
It's over or it's under
It's on the East side
And it's the setting for getting better
Apply the brakes and clip a common mistake
It's not a problem just to sit here and wait

[Pre-Chorus]
Don't you know what they're about?
Living up to let you down

[Chorus]
So quick to strike up a tune on every evening where I carry us home
So quick to strike up a tune on every evening where I carry us

[Verse 2]
Bonfires, drives the desire
Between the suburbs and what's left of this place
Tattoos, new boots and a noose
Now just reminders of the city you hate
It's over or it's under
It's a disaster
And we keep betting it's getting better
It's well-spun for those who've turned 21
But getting older doesn't brighten the day
[Pre-Chorus]
So don't you know what they're about?
Living up to let you down

[Chorus]
So quick to strike up a tune on every evening where I carry us home

[Refrain]
We just sing along
But the feeling's gone

[Verse 3]
I've got a couple dozen cities I could share with you
A couple stories we could tuck beneath a tennis shoe
A couple secrets we could hide between each others' hands
A couple moments we could squeeze between some other plans
We've got a couple different futures we could call our own
A shared apartment or just talking on the telephone
You'll move a block away and we'll go on with both our lives
In cold conditions with a past of alternating dives
Stiff drinks, abandoned before they sink
Another neighborhood carefully drowned
Farewell from the fever to tell
We need to move this to a new side of town

[Chorus]
So quick to strike up a tune on every evening where I carry us home
[Refrain]
And I'll sing along
But the feeling's gone

[Outro]
So quick to strike up a tune on every evening where I carry us home
So quick to strike up a tune on every evening where I carry us