Story Behind The Song

I got the idea for this song when a group of guys (30ish) were turned away from a nightclub, presumably because we didn't fit the "cool" mold any more. It got me thinking about where those 20-yr olds thought they would be in ten years...

Song Description

This is a song about how we all pass through that "sweet spot" in life when we are "cool", and how it doesn't last forever

Lyrics

YOU SEE US ON THE STREET, AND YOU JUST PASS RIGHT BY
YOU JUST LOOK RIGHT THROUGH ME
NO TIME TO STOP AND SAY "HI"
YOU SEE US IN OUR MINIVANS AND OUR SUV'S
YOU THINK WE DRIVE WAY TOO SLOW
YOU DRIVE RIGHT PAST, I THINK YOU'RE DRIVING WAY TOO FAST
AND YOU DON'T KNOW

WE HITCHED OUT TO THE JERSEY SHORE
OUR SCHOOLS HAD PARTIES TOO
WE SAW THE WHO IN 1984, AND WE DRANK WARM BEER TOO

I KNOW IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE IT, LOOKING AT US NOW
ONE DAY, WE WERE COOL TOO

I SEE THE OLD MAN ON THE STREET, AND I JUST PASS RIGHT BY
I JUST LOOK RIGHT THROUGH HIM
NO TIME TO STOP AND SAY "HI"
I SEE THEM OUT WATERING THEIR GARDENS
I THINK THEY DRIVE WAY TOO SLOW
I FLY RIGHT BY, CELLPHONE AT MY SIDE
AND I DON'T KNOW

HE HAD A HARLEY IN THE 50'S
JUMPED OUT OF PLANES TO KEEP US FREE
HE SNUCK OUT AT NIGHT, MADE LOVE IN THE DASHBOARD LIGHT
AND HE DRANK WARM BEER, JUST LIKE ME

I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE IT LOOKING AT HIM NOW
ONE DAY, HE WAS COOL TOO

THEY'LL SEE YOU ON THE STREET
AND THEY'LL JUST PASS RIGHT BY
THEY'LL JUST LOOK RIGHT THROUGH YOU
NO TIME TO STOP AND SAY "HI"
YOUR MP3'S WILL BE OBSOLETE
YOUR A4 WILL BE WAY TOO SLOW
THEY WON'T WANT YOU IN THIER CLUBS
AND THEY WON'T KNOW

YOU WENT TO EUROPE WITH A BACKPACK
SAW EMINEM WHEN HE WAS NEW
YOU GOT TATOOS BEHIND YOUR PARENTS' BACK
AND YOU DRANK WARM BEER TOO

THEY'LL FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE IT
LOOKING AT YOU NOW
ONE DAY, YOU WERE COOL TOO