I've got a friend who wears go-go boots to Sunday School
We used to sit and drink pink champagne on a tin roof
Riding it out in a Thunderbird
Singing out loud every single word of Jack & Diane
Trying to pretend there was no rules
Kissing on boys and sneaking in bars
Trying to get a glimpse of who we are
We weren't wild, but we weren't far

She said "Thelma and Louise, you got nothing on me
And you can tell ol' James Dean to get in line
Thanks to Elvis and Kurt Cobain, the world will never be the same
You gotta make history one day at a time"

She graduated in 1987
We were gonna make a break for it together
Headed out to Hollywood
Where the stars are bright and the weather's good
But she changed her mind and went back to the 7-11
She went and married the football star
Had a few kids and works real hard
It ain't wild but it ain't far

She said "Thelma and Louise, you got nothing on me
And you can tell ol' James Dean to get in line
Thanks to Elvis and Kurt Cobain, the world will never be the same
You gotta make history one day at a time"

"Hey, Thelma and Louise, you got nothing on me
And you can tell ol' James Dean to get in line
Thanks to Jesus and John Wayne the world will never be the same
You've gotta make history one day at a time"

Like John Lennon and Kennedy
I'm with them, yeah, 'cause I believe
You gotta make history one day at a time