20 OnceBy Brad FlemingVerse 1We Were Twenty Once, YeaWeren’t We SomethingShoulder Pads And StadiumLightsWe Could Run All Day, Raise Hell AllNightAnd Somehow Still Show Up ForThe FightSpring Break Sun And BorrowedMoneyA Crew Of Brothers, Thick AsThievesWe Were Busy Living StoriesWe Didn’t Know We’d SomedayNeedChorusWe Were Twenty OnceTen Feet Tall And BulletproofFootball Lights And Crazy NightsWith Nothing Yet To LoseWe Thought Forever Meant ForeverHell, What Did We Know?Now Forever’s Getting ShorterAnd Those Memories Are Long AgoSo Here’s To Every One Of UsAnd The Boys We Were Back ThenWe Were Twenty OnceTonight We’re Twenty Once AgainVerse 2Now The Group Text Wakes UpEarlyWith Old Pictures, Jokes AndMemoriesStories No One Would Ever BelieveBut We All Know What Happened...AllegedlyNow There’s Wives And Kids AndMiles Between UsAching Knees And ReadingGlasses For Old EyesBut Thirty Years Can DisappearWith One “Remember When” From’95ChorusWe Were Twenty OnceTen Feet Tall And BulletproofFootball Lights And Crazy NightsWith Nothing Left To LoseWe Thought Forever Meant ForeverHell, What Did We Know?Now Forever’s Getting ShorterAnd Those Memories Are Long AgoSo Here’s To Every One Of UsAnd The Boys We Were Back ThenWe Were Twenty OnceTonight We’re Twenty Once AgainVerse 3Three Of Us Wound Up In FloridaOn A Porch Beneath The PalmsOne Had A House, One Made TheDriveOne Showed Up With A GuitarWe Don’t Party Like We Used ToTruth Is, That’s Probably For TheBestBut Get Us Talking ‘Bout The Old DaysAnd We’re Those Same DamnBoys AgainBridgeYou Don’t Know You’re MakingMemoriesTill They’re Thirty Years AgoYou Don’t Know Which Nights You’llTalk AboutFor The Rest Of Your Life WhenYou’re OldAnd I’d Never Trade The Life I’veGotTo Go Back And Start AgainBut Those Memories And TheStoriesAre What Forged Us Into MenFinal ChorusWe Were Twenty OnceTen Feet Tall And BulletproofThought We’d Always HaveTomorrowLike Only Young Men DoNow Each Day Means A LittleMore Than It Ever Did Back ThenIt’s The Ones At Home Who Love UsAnd Old Brothers Still Our FriendsSo Here’s To Every One Of UsAnd Our Brothers Gone Too SoonWe Were Twenty OnceAnd Somehow Thirty DisappearedOutroYeah, We Were Twenty OnceMan, Didn’t We Have A RunWe Thought We Had ForeverTurns Out Nobody DoesSo Wherever Life May Take UsTill The Last Old Story EndsWe Were Twenty OnceAnd We’ll Be Brothers Til The End.
