TWENTY-ONE & WATERPROOF

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Twenty-one with a twenty-dollar bill Cheap sunglasses and a cooler to fill Boat hit the water ’bout a quarter past ten Swore we’d take it easy—yeah, we said that back then Fireball bottle makin’ its way around Somebody cranked the country way too loud No sunscreen, no plans, no sense at all Just a lake full of friends and alcohol By two o’clock I was red as hell By three I couldn’t walk too well By four I was asleep somewhere on that boat With a life jacket underneath my head for a pillow [Chorus] We were twenty-one and waterproof Drinking Fireball underneath that summer moon Burnt all day, blacked out by night Wake me up in two hours, brother, I’ll be alright We had no money, but we had gasoline A boat full of trouble and somewhere to be Sunburnt shoulders, nothing to lose Lord knows how we made it through Yeah, we were dumb, we were young And damn, it was fun Being twenty-one and waterproof [Verse 2] Wake up confused at a quarter past six Face still hot and my stomach doing flips Somebody says, “You alive back there?” I crack one eye and say, “Hand me a beer” Back in the water like I never went down Second wind hittin’ when the sun went down Somebody’s dancing barefoot on the deck Somebody lost their phone—we ain’t found it yet And every picture from those summer nights Is blurry as hell, but the memory’s bright Funny how the years make legends outta days We probably shouldn’t have survived anyway [Chorus] We were twenty-one and waterproof Drinking Fireball underneath that summer moon Burnt all day, blacked out by night Wake me up in two hours, brother, I’ll be alright We had no money, but we had gasoline A boat full of trouble and somewhere to be Sunburnt shoulders, nothing to lose Lord knows how we made it through Yeah, we were dumb, we were young And damn, it was fun Being twenty-one and waterproof [Bridge] Now two drinks in and I’m ready for bed Need SPF fifty just to keep from turning red Drink a glass of water ’fore I call it a night And a hangover takes me two damn days to fight But every now and then when summer rolls around And I hear that old song we used to turn up loud I swear I can taste that cinnamon burn And for a second, twenty-one returns [Final Chorus] We were twenty-one and waterproof Thought there wasn’t anything we couldn’t do Burnt all day, stayed out all night Passed out twice and still watched the sunrise We had no money, but we damn sure lived Took everything that summer had to give Sunburnt shoulders, nothing to prove A little too drunk and bulletproof Yeah, we were dumb, we were young Probably lucky as hell But damn, it was fun Being twenty-one and waterproof [Outro] Here’s to the boat Here’s to the crew Here’s to the nights I barely remember with you And that half-empty bottle Rolling around somewhere under the seat… Thank God twenty-one Only happens once.