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 thinking we wouldn't last, I was your first and you were mine And we were leather jackets, hangin' on to a Harley, two heartbeats in the moonlight We were, both feet hanging 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 it I am who I am, I just miss who I was when we were We were gonna make it, weren't we baby,had it all laid out in our mind By the time we knew time was running out we'd done run out of time But 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 a top down in 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 it I am who I am, I just miss who I was when we were We were leather jackets, hangin' on to a Harley, two heartbeats in the moonlight We were, both feet hanging 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 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