This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
A full moon shinin' bright
Edge of the water, we were feelin' alright
Back down a country road
The girls are always hot and the beer is ice cold
Cadillac, horns on the hood
My buddy Frankie had his dad hook him up good
Girls smile when we roll by
They hop in the back and we cruise to the river side
(Whoa-oh)
Never gonna grow up (whoa-oh)
Never gonna slow down (whoa-oh)
We were shinin' like lighters in the dark
In the middle of a rock show (whoa-oh)
We were doin' it right (whoa-oh)
We were comin' alive (whoa-oh)
Yeah, caught up in a southern summer
Barefoot, blue jean night
Blue eyes and auburn hair
Sittin' lookin' pretty by the fire in a lawn chair
New to town and new to me
Her ruby red lips was sippin' on sweet tea
Shot me a look like a shootin' star
So, I grabbed a beer and my ol' guitar
Then we sat around 'til the break of dawn
Howlin' and singin' our favorite song
(Whoa-oh)
Never gonna grow up (whoa-oh)
Never gonna slow down (whoa-oh)
We were shinin' like lighters in the dark
In the middle of a rock show (whoa-oh)
We were doin' it right (whoa-oh)
We were comin' alive (whoa-oh)
Yeah, caught up in a southern summer
Barefoot, blue jean night
Whoa-oh, never gonna grow up, ha
Never gonna slow down
We were shinin' like lighters in the dark
In the middle of a rock show (whoa-oh)
We were doin' it right (whoa-oh)
We were comin' alive (whoa-oh)
Yeah, caught in a southern summer
Barefoot, blue jean night
(Whoa-oh)
A barefoot, blue jean night (whoa-oh)
A barefoot, blue jean night (whoa-oh)
A barefoot, blue jean night (whoa-oh)
(whoa-oh) (whoa-oh)
A barefoot, blue jean night (whoa-oh)
(whoa-oh) (whoa-oh)
Oh, it's a barefoot, blue jean night (whoa-oh)
A barefoot, blue jean night (whoa-oh)
(whoa-oh) (whoa-oh)
A barefoot, blue jean night
Edge of the water, we were feelin' alright
Back down a country road
The girls are always hot and the beer is ice cold
Cadillac, horns on the hood
My buddy Frankie had his dad hook him up good
Girls smile when we roll by
They hop in the back and we cruise to the river side
(Whoa-oh)
Never gonna grow up (whoa-oh)
Never gonna slow down (whoa-oh)
We were shinin' like lighters in the dark
In the middle of a rock show (whoa-oh)
We were doin' it right (whoa-oh)
We were comin' alive (whoa-oh)
Yeah, caught up in a southern summer
Barefoot, blue jean night
Blue eyes and auburn hair
Sittin' lookin' pretty by the fire in a lawn chair
New to town and new to me
Her ruby red lips was sippin' on sweet tea
Shot me a look like a shootin' star
So, I grabbed a beer and my ol' guitar
Then we sat around 'til the break of dawn
Howlin' and singin' our favorite song
(Whoa-oh)
Never gonna grow up (whoa-oh)
Never gonna slow down (whoa-oh)
We were shinin' like lighters in the dark
In the middle of a rock show (whoa-oh)
We were doin' it right (whoa-oh)
We were comin' alive (whoa-oh)
Yeah, caught up in a southern summer
Barefoot, blue jean night
Whoa-oh, never gonna grow up, ha
Never gonna slow down
We were shinin' like lighters in the dark
In the middle of a rock show (whoa-oh)
We were doin' it right (whoa-oh)
We were comin' alive (whoa-oh)
Yeah, caught in a southern summer
Barefoot, blue jean night
(Whoa-oh)
A barefoot, blue jean night (whoa-oh)
A barefoot, blue jean night (whoa-oh)
A barefoot, blue jean night (whoa-oh)
(whoa-oh) (whoa-oh)
A barefoot, blue jean night (whoa-oh)
(whoa-oh) (whoa-oh)
Oh, it's a barefoot, blue jean night (whoa-oh)
A barefoot, blue jean night (whoa-oh)
(whoa-oh) (whoa-oh)
A barefoot, blue jean night
Lyrics submitted by hooper3122
Barefoot Blue Jean Night Lyrics as written by Eric Paslay Dylan Y. Altman
Lyrics © Spirit Music Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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omg such a good song! i'm suprised im the first to comment. the song is just about having fun and letting go of the hard adult life and being a kid for a while.
i love this song sooo muchh! it is amazingg <3