Tonight we lie awake
Remember how the coffee made us shake
On those long drives?
One more long night

Another seven days
Heartbeat racing the interstate, my home tonight
For one more long night
I'm sure as hell the happiest I've ever been

We can't hide, we let go
We've got more than we know
My friends are a different breed
My friends are

There's a ghost in this room
I think I'll name it after all of you
And watch it hang over my bed like decorations
Celebrated memories that came and went
In light of all that time we spent
Listening to everything our parents told us not to take in

Now make a change, I'm counting down
The mile marks to every town
And falling more in love
With the distance put between us

We can't hide, we let go
We've got more than we know
My friends are a different breed
My friends are everything

Make this last, take it slow
We've got it all figured out for now
So, let us live our lives without a doubt

Tonight we lie awake
Remember how the coffee made us shake
On those long drives?
One more long night

Another seven days
Heartbeat racing the interstate, my home tonight
For one more long night

From coast to coast I'll make the most
Of every second I've been giving with this crowd
Without a doubt, you're all I dream about

At night we lie awake
With stories taking us back
To the nights we felt alive
The nights we felt alive

I would've married you in Vegas
Had you given me the chance to say, "I do"?
Couldn't make it anymore obvious, could you?
Be anymore obvious

I would've married you in Vegas
Had you given me the chance to say, "I do"?
Couldn't make it anymore obvious, could you?
Be anymore obvious, could you?


Lyrics submitted by thoseguiltyeyes, edited by AbsoluteZero7

Vegas Lyrics as written by Jack Bassam Barakat Alexander William Gaskarth

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    NineThirteenAM... Actually, the line IS "we get high, we let go"... If you owned So Wrong, It's Right you would know that. And also, just because it says 'we get high' it doesn't mean it has to do with drugs...although it could.

    -SHAMELESSon November 10, 2007   Link

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