Boys on the Dock

Lyrics

Backstreet buzzing by the riversideCurtains moving, everybody got eyesMiss Karen counting headlights againLike the whole town needs evidence

Summer heat, dock lights lowBarefoot girls putting on a showBlue lights rolling down the blockAnother wild night by the dock

Everybody talks like they know it allBut loud boys always fallFake gold, big pride, big mouthsReal men don't move for the crowd

Boys on the dock acting grown againStarting little fires they can't defendRunning from love, chasing midnight highsTurning drunk stories into alibis

Real men stay when the night gets roughThey don't need to talk that toughBoats keep rocking side to sideWe're young, alive, and outside tonight

One girl crying over one more lieOne girl laughing like, “Let him try”Sweet words turn cheap so fastPretty promises never last

He calls at two with a lake drunk heartSaying he don't know why he fell apartBut real love don't disappear all weekThen come back sweet when the options get weak

Let 'em watch from the shoreline shadeJudging what they wish they madeWe don't care what the town might sayWe came to live, not fade away

Boys on the dock acting grown againStarting little fires they can't defendRunning from love, chasing midnight highsTurning drunk stories into alibis

Real men stay when the night gets roughThey don't need to talk that toughBoats keep rocking side to sideWe're young, alive, and outside tonight

Raise your cup to the summer messHeartbreak hiding in a sundressBlue lights fade, sunrise goldBy tomorrow, everybody knows

Boys on the dock still playing toughBut real men don't need all that stuffMy girls still dancing under neon skiesLiving truth while the small town lies

Summer won't last foreverBut nights like this stay togetherLet 'em talk while we take our shotOut on the water with the boys on the dock

Boys on the dockStill talking a lotWe're on the waterThey're stuck on the dock