We Owned the Dark

Seventeen and running out of June
Old Ford coughing underneath the moon
Dust on the dash, towels in the back
Six of us flying down a gravel track
Rope swing hanging from a cottonwood limb
Water black where the daylight thinned
Fire on the bank, radio turned low
Nobody cared where we had to go

That was the summer we stole the lake
Stayed till sunrise, slept where we lay
Bonfires burning, headlights on the shore
We had nowhere to be and still wanted more
Every night felt too good to waste
Young enough to think time knew its place
For three short months, till September came
We owned the dark, we stole the lake

Bare feet running off the old dock boards
Cheap beer sweating by the truck doors
One good speaker balanced on a crate
Playing every song we swore was great
Some nights ended underneath the stars
Some in the beds of beat-up cars
Wet clothes hanging from the mirror frame
Nobody asking what tomorrow became

That was the summer we stole the lake
Stayed till sunrise, slept where we lay
Bonfires burning, headlights on the shore
We had nowhere to be and still wanted more
Every night felt too good to waste
Young enough to think time knew its place
For three short months, till September came
We owned the dark, we stole the lake

Now there's a fence where the tire tracks ran
Private property nailed to a weathered sign
But sometimes driving past that bend
I can see every one of us there again

That was the summer we stole the lake
Stayed till sunrise, slept where we lay
Bonfires burning, headlights on the shore
We had nowhere to be and still wanted more
Every night felt too good to waste
Before growing up got in the way
For three short months, till September came
We owned the dark, we stole the lake

Yeah, for three short months, till September came
We owned the dark
We stole the lake