kids are ripping into sugar packets
townies taking off their tavern jackets
i'm in the pews sticking bills in the basket
praying that they're cool when I come pick up the package

tonight we're gonna have a really good time
but i want to go to heaven on the day i die
going to make like a preemptive strike
hit the five thirty mass early saturday night

ring ring ring goes the telephone
tell my little lambs that i'm on my way home
stop by the shop and get a bottle to go
maybe something stronger if the right guy's on the corner

bang bang bang goes the quarter notes
saint theresa told me you should rattle our bones
now you're going off to the dial tone
some kid started blowing on the saxophone

cheerleaders dream of quarterbacks
jock jills go for jumping jacks
goth girls love the vampire bats
they wanna draw a little blood for their bath

well i don't go much for that spooky stuff
i like the lights and the uptempo tracks
you're damn right i believe in love
because i've been in love and i've loved right back

bang bang bang goes the backing track
some kid is coming around with a matching backpack
i didn't know that you could dance like that
i'm gonna have to ask that you take two steps back

sing sing sing every song we know
blowing out the speakers on your stereo
you finally stopped talking about that boy back home
maybe that's just better, if you want you can sleep over

we're good guys but we can't be good every night
we're good guys but we can't be good our whole lives
we're good guys but we can't be good every night
now father i have sinned and i wanna do it all again tonight

the townies taking off their tavern jackets
making guitars out of tennis racquets
and it's been getting so the hardest part
is trying to talk some sense into our sparkling hearts

ring ring ring goes the telephone
tell my little lambs that i ain't coming home
yes, yes, yes go the majorettes
they lead the band on to the field with their cigarettes
bang bang bang she's a cleaning freak
she scrubs the surface until it's sparkling
neat neat neat until her fingers bleed
she was giving off blue light on the first light that she came to me

we're good guys but we can't be good every night
we're good guys but can't be good our whole lives
we're good guys but we can't be good every night
we're good guys but can't be good our whole lives
she was giving off blue light on the first night that she came to me
father i have sinned, and i want to do it all again eventually



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Track duration: 04:01


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    General Comment:magic backpack.
    Flag wwwxxyyon March 20, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:is "i like the lights" a reference to lifter puller
    Flag mechpope13on May 29, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:I'm pretty sure some of these are wrong on the studio version. Great song, great lyrics, regardless.
    Flag sunflowerradioon April 22, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:I think the first part is:

    "Kids are ripping into sugar packets
    Townies wearing ancient starter jackets.
    I'm in the pew putting bills into the basket
    Praying that they're cool when I come pick up the package."
    Flag osumarkoon February 25, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:This is my favorite of the newer songs I've heard at shows. Here's some fixes:

    "Ring, ring, ring goes the telephone"
    "Maybe something stronger from the right guys on the corner"
    "Cheerleaders dreaming quarterbacks"
    All the recordings I have sound like that one line really is "tourettes". I dunno.
    Flag sigmaliveson December 20, 2009   Link

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