American Idle

We were the kids from the cul-de-sacs That got out somehow without looking back It's over It's over We were the ones that grew up too fast On the front porch steps when we still had friends It's over It's over We were the kids who were laughing last With big ideas and failed attempts It's over It's over Repeat it now, repeat it with me It's in the way We can't explain Why we were the ones who got away It's in the way These memories will fade So we always keep them locked away Lock them away We were the kids who would scrape and say That we'll wait around for some better days It's over It's over We were the kids that looked one-by-one We said we would when we were young It's over Yeah, it's over Repeat it now, repeat it with me It's in the way We can't explain Why we were the ones who got away It's in the way These memories will fade So we always keep them locked away It's in the way We slowly replace The pieces we left in yesterday Repeat it now, repeat it with me Repeat it now, repeat it with me It's in the way We can't explain Why we were the ones who got away It's in the way These memories will fade So we always keep them locked away It's in the way We slowly replace The pieces we left in yesterday It's in the way These memories will fade So we always keep them locked away We were the kids from the cul-de-sacs That got out somehow without looking back It's over