Okkervil River on the radio, you never heard them before Remember when your dad gave you hell and you cried on the bathroom floor And we saved all our money for the day we'd up and get away We never said sorry, no, we never felt bad about anything Oh-nah-nah-oh Oh-nah-nah-oh Winter rolled in like a hurricane, boy, and it knocked me around The days grew thin, I was on my bike, watching the lights come down Older man comes, saying "Why you gotta be so loud? Don't you know mister, there's no where to go in this one-way town
Except straight down, down like a falling wind We were young, we were broke We had everything, so forget-me-not for when I was fifteen I was shy, I was green, I had everything I had everything Oh-nah-nah-oh Oh-nah-nah-oh Oh-nah-nah-oh Oh-nah-nah-oh Down like a tired day I've'a broken all the promises made To not grow up, to keep hold of the simple things For when I was fifteen, I had everything I had everything