Story Behind The Song

When someone as close as a brother is no longer around...this is what comes of it.

Song Description

A story about friendship

Lyrics

(1)
Joey and I were just a couple of guys
Who thought they were bad to the bone
His Dad was a preacher,mine was a teacher
You think we'd learn something at home
Yeah well we sure learned something alright
By throwing rocks at the traffic lights
We learned you better be fast
When you get your kicks tossin stones
(ch)
We use to be cool,we use to be wild
Never outdated,always in style
We use to be the ones the girls talked about in school
We use to be cool,we use to be cool
(2)
Then we graduated,the memories faded
Our boyhoods crashed to an end
Joe joined the Navy,man I thought he was crazy
Those are real guns and this ain't pretend
He said a man's gotta do what's right
And I could never back down from a fight
Say goodbye to your folks and keep every letter I send
(ch)
We use to be cool,we use to be wild
Never outdated,always in style
We use to be the ones they always caught breaking the rules
We use to be cool,we use to be cool
(3)
Joey never came home,his Mom sits by the phone
Waiting to hear his voice again
He'll be here soon,I left his room
The way it has always been
Yeah well sometimes I wish she was right
And we'd throw rocks at the traffic lights
Standing shoulder to shoulder,brothers through thick and thin
(ch)
We use to be cool,we use to be wild
Never outdated,always in style
We use to be the ones who'd never be anyone's fool
We took the chances,we paid the price
Never thinking about nothin twice
When we made a promise
There was no exception to the rule
We use to be cool,we use to be cool