before the days that never ended descended to a day job the enemy was public the soul spoke de la broke like a clay vase when charity left town so we were on our own til our reality checks bounced well ain t nothing like a little bit of rain just to wash away the rust from the swing set chains faint for a sudden til it all comes rushing like was that the way it was back then cause back then dedication meant you kept it on the grind til the first slice of sunshine bled through the blinds i thought that we were kings i thought she was in love with me i thought i knew the world til the summer we were twenty three i thought i knew the world til the summer we were twenty three i thought i knew the world back then but um we weren t allowed to play after dark when cool was lisa frank and jurassic park when art was still a macaroni necklace the summers were golden we would only play at home when we d get sick it s kind of funny how complicated love got since the first kiss on the corner by the bus stop bloodshot sunsets run red underneath thought i knew the world til the summer we were twenty three nineteen we were lucky twenty we were kings twenty one sunk to the bottom of the drink by twenty two we kept misery for company we thought we knew the world til the summer we were twenty three 