Badass High School Band

Waking up golden hair, tired eyes

Tiny footsteps running down the stairs

Wave goodbye through the kitchen window

Nothing gets me like your little hand

Saturday morning, mid-July

We sold some tickets and hey, that's about time

You closed your business and school's out

Got off work for the summer, now I'd start mine

Promise to save the moments you can

I promise they ain't growing an inch over a weekend

Promise they won't be holding in your hand

When they're too cool to be playing Spider-Man

But if you learn one thing from your old man

Know that you're still young when you're back in the tour van

Son, you're never too old

To get back on the road

With your badass high school band

Late night calls with friends and family

Kissing screens in hotel rooms

In between six strings and whiskey

I promise I will be home soon

I never thought that at 14

From Kirk home game and Primal Scream

That I'd meet your mother

And now I see that you and her were my big dream

Promise to save the moments you can

I promise they ain't grown an inch over a weekend

Promise they won't be holding your hand

When they're too cool to be playing Spider-Man

But if you learn one thing from your old man

Know that you're still young when you're back in the tour van

Son, you're never too old

To get back on the road

With your badass high school band

On the day that you throw your spotty suit out the wardrobe

Daddy still be playing cowboy somewhere out on the road

I hope you know

I hope you know that you will always be my real hero

Promise to save the moments you can

I promise they ain't grow an inch over a weekend

Promise they won't be holding your hand

When they're too cool to be playing Spider-Man

But if you learn one thing from your old man

No, you're never quite as cool as when you're cool in a country band

Son, you're never too old

To get back on the road

With your badass high school band