Backstreet Anthem

Yeah,

all right We found a map in the glove box

Coffee cold and the radio cracked Tommy said the van still had

some miles So we threw our luck in the back

Every town had a corner bar

Every door had a name we forgot

But the first loud chord felt holy Like the whole floor lifted

up

We were broke but we were burning

Rusted strings and borrowed time

If the road was never turning

We would bend it into rhyme

Roll it loud, let the whole thing shake

We are young enough to make mistakes Raise that chorus till the

rafters break Rock and roll,

carry us away

Oh, carry us away

Jenny wrote the setlist sideways On the back of a motel bill

We played too fast in the first song But the room leaned

forward still There was sweat on the borrowed cymbals There was tape

on the bass drum head And the kids in worn-out jackets

Knew every word we said

Roll it loud, let the whole thing shake

We are young enough to make mistakes

Raise that chorus till the rafters break

Rock and roll, carry us away

Oh, carry us away

Maybe we were never famous

Maybe that was never the deal

But the song hit harder than payday

And the dream felt almost real

Roll it loud, let the whole thing shake We are young enough

to make mistakes Raise that chorus till the rafters break

Rock and roll, carry us away

Carry us away

Yeah