We were the wild and the free in the wind

We were the backseat, leaning in

We were the running wild open in the headlights

Hearts on fire in the midnight

We were the slow and the dance in the dust

Jack and Diane with the radio up

We were living the line about loving and learnin'

The falling, the flying, that summertime thing



We were the song on the radio, playing

We were the words the singer was singing

We were the oh, we were the hey

That made you wanna sing along, yeah

We were, we were

We were, we were that song



We were the good and the bye in the rain

We were the lonesome, like a train

We were the let go, we were the heartbroke

We didn't know that it would end this way

We were the almost, yeah but not quite

We were the steel guitars that cry

And the line about loving and leaving

And lonely in the might-have-been

The might-have-been



We were the song on the radio, playing

We were the words the singer was singing

Yeah we were the oh, we were the hey

That made you wanna sing along, yeah

We were, we were

We were, we were that song, yeah

And it goes, oh



And it goes, oh



We were heard-it-and-I had-to-call

We were the feeling that you can't shake off

That I was a fool and you were the one

How did I ever let you get so gone?



We were the song on the radio, playing

We were the words singer was singing

Yeah we were the oh, we were the hey

That made you wanna sing along, yeah

We were, we were

We were, we were that song

And it goes, oh



And it goes, oh



We were the song on the radio, playing

We were the words singer was singin'

Yeah we were the oh, we were the hey

That made you wanna sing along, yeah

We were, we were

We were, we were that song



We were, we were

We were, we were that song, go!



And it goes oh, oh, oh, oh, oh