Fools Like Us - Dave Parks

Yeah, we got too many people Tryin' to live life doin' the 'Gram Show the world just what their vision's like Through filters on a cam But, I, I never felt the need to show it off I'd rather tell it back from memory with some alcohol Yeah, we still them boys in the back of the truck With the radio up, and we got the tailgate down Boys in the back of the club And we sippin on pitchers when we go downtown It's changed over the years Ain't no smoke and mirrors Yeah, there's still some boys like us around here You and me and a little Maker's Mark Little A.J. on the radio to take it out of park If this is Austin callin' I'm way past that spark Still way out with boys Going fishin' in the dark Runnin' wide open full throttle Tie one on, knock some dust off the bottle 5 o'clock somewhere Still livin' on a prayer Let me clear the air Yeah, there's still some boys like us around here We don't feel the need to be a thing but what we are Take a rain check from the town, and go way out under the stars I'd rather take it country-raised and make her my whole world Tired of seeing daddy's money from them midtown girls Yeah, we still them boys in the back of the truck With the radio up, and we got the tailgate down Boys in the back of the club And we sippin' on pitchers when we go downtown It's changed over the years Ain't no smoke and mirrors Yeah, there's still some boys like us around here You and me and a little Maker's Mark Little A.J. on the radio to take it out of park If this is Austin callin' I'm way past that spark Still way out with boys Going fishin' in the dark Runnin' wide open full throttle Tie one on, knock some dust off the bottle 5 o'clock somewhere Still livin' on a prayer Let me clear the air Yeah, there's still some boys like us around here Boys in the back of the truck With the radio up You and me and a little Maker's Mark Little A.J. on the radio to take it out of park If this is Austin callin' I'm way past that spark Runnin' wide open full throttle Tie one on, knock some dust off the bottle 5 o'clock somewhere Still livin' on a prayer Let me clear the air Yeah, there's still some boys like us around here Still some boys like us around here Still some boys like us around here Oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh Yeah, there's still some boys like us around here

It could be a summer in Arizona or winter in the Utah snow We could go, get lost in the stars from our backyard or somewhere in Tokyo Take me through the valleys, get there on the back roads Meet you at the highs and see you at the lows Wherever I am with you is where I wanna go, yep Oh-ooh-ooh, oh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh Wherever I am with you is where I wanna go, yep Oh-ooh-ooh, oh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh Wherever I am with you is where I wanna go I watch you wake, November fades nevеr too far from your mind It's times like thesе we ask, can we fast-forward or rewind? But when I zoom, and see that bird's eye view I know I would take it all just to have this life with you Can't make it up, it's just too tough to write this storyline The magic feel this time is real, I knew the whole time Oh-ooh, oh-ooh, I know I would take it all just To jump into a lake out in Seattle Wander New York City after a show It's a park bench down in Texas, or a small-town rodeo Take me to the mountain, get there on the back roads Meet you at the highs and see you at the lows Wherever I am with you is where I wanna go Wherever I am with you is where I wanna go Oh-ooh-ooh, oh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh Wherever I am with you is where I wanna go, yep Oh-ooh-ooh, oh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh Wherever I am with you is where I wanna go I know I would take it all just to have this life with you It could be a gas station out in nowhere Or driving down the highway one coast We could find ourselves in silent moments Or lose our voices singing to the radio You make it feel like Heaven, could be somewhere close I'll meet you at the highs and see you at the lows Wherever I am with you is where I wanna go Wherever I am with you is where I wanna go Wherever I am with you is where I wanna go, yep

Got me falling on my sword, but I don't resent you Shaking to Deftones, glitter in my bones Love you like I don't know better Girl, I wanna protect you, I do, ooh Your touch embroiders me I'm wide open, hmm All yours, baby Come down like a million tonnes All yours, baby Flood me with your nervous love All yours, baby Come down like a million tonnes All yours, baby Now I got my shot glass out, the clutch is sticking Charting the dark blue, why do I trust you When you tell me I'm a good thing? Girl, I wanna protect you, I do, ooh Your eyes destroying me I'm wide open, hmm All yours, baby Come down like a million tonnes All yours, baby Flood me with your nervous love All yours, baby Come down like a million tonnes All yours, baby Flood me with your nervous love All yours, baby Come down like a million tonnes All yours, baby Flood me with your nervous love All yours, baby Come down like a million tonnes All yours, baby Flood me with your nervous love I think in a way, I've always loved you I used to hate it when people said that shit But I mean it You make me feel free Ripping it out of me like you do

Don't look at me Everyday is so wonderful Then suddenly It's hard to breathe Now and then I get insecure From all the pain I'm so ashamed I am beautiful No matter what they say Words can't bring me down I am beautiful In every single way Yes words can't bring me down Ohh no So don't you bring me down today To all your friends you're delirious You're so consumed In all your doom, ooh Trying hard to fill the emptiness The pieces gone Left the puzzle undone Ain't that the way it is 'Cause you are beautiful No matter what they say Words can't bring you down Ohh no 'Cause you are beautiful In every single way Yes words can't bring you down Ohh no So don't you bring me down today No matter what we do (No matter what we do) No matter what we say (No matter what we say) We're the song inside the tune (Yeah, oh yeah) Full of beautiful mistakes And everywhere we go (And everywhere we go) The sun will always shine (The sun will always, always, shine) And tomorrow we might awake On the other side 'Cause we are beautiful No matter what they say Yes words won't bring us down Ohh no We are beautiful In every single way Yes words can't bring us down Ohh no So don't you bring me down today Ooh, ohh Don't you bring me down today Don't you bring me down, ooh Today

Never thought you knew me, never thought of you with me. Always fighting in the dark before. Never got to tell you, i don't know what i mean to you. No need to explain any more. But i'd cry, i would die if i lost you. And i'd cry. When i think about us, it's only me that comes between us. It's only me that closes the door. But i'd cry, i would die if i lost you. And i'd cry. And you know you held me up. Held me to the sun when i was yours. And i know i let you down. Let you down the day that i was gone. But i'd cry, i would die if i lost you. And i'd cry. And i'd cry, i'd die if i lost you. I'd cry yeah yeah yeah