We Should Have Been Famous (Live Concert Version)

Lyric Video Link - https://youtu.be/wxTDcuUVwCo?si=jMiYO5R2UaiZU9Nf “Thank you all so much for being here tonight! Seriously, you have no idea what this means. None of this - not one single moment - would be possible without you. You’re the reason we get to do what we love. So this last one’s for all of us - for every dream we chased, every chance we took. I want to hear you on this one. Sing it with me if you know it. This is ‘We Should Have Been Famous.’” [Verse 1] We packed the van at seventeen years old With borrowed amps and dreams we could not hold Played every basement, every empty hall Convinced our voices could shake down the walls The strings would ring through smoke-filled rooms While strangers swayed beneath the moon We sang like wolves, we sang like saints We had the fire, we had the faith [Chorus] We should have been famous Written in the stars and the morning papers We should have been golden But the cards fell wrong and the moment’s stolen Oh, we burned so bright, we burned so true But the world, it never knew We should have been famous We should have been famous [Verse 2] Remember that night in Buffalo When the crowd sang back every word we wrote? Sarah said we’d make it by the fall That label man had promised he would call But autumn came with empty hands The phone stayed silent, changed our plans Tom went back to teaching school And I learned dreams have their own cruel rules [Chorus] We should have been famous Written in the stars and the morning papers We should have been golden But timing’s everything and ours was broken Oh, we had the songs, we had the sound But luck never came around We should have been famous We should have been famous We should have been famous [Bridge - Build] Now I hear our songs in other voices See our stories in their choices Every chord progression that we played Lives on in someone else’s praise And maybe that’s the way it goes The seeds we plant, we’ll never know Which ones will grow into the sky Which ones will wither, which ones die Before we go, I want to introduce you to some incredible people. First up, on guitar - give it up for TOM! [Guitar Solo] Yeah! That’s what I’m talking about! And on the keys, the one and only SARAH! [Piano Solo] Beautiful! Now let me hear you for our powerhouse on drums - DOUG! [Drum Solo] That’s right! And I’m Dave, and WE are DOZART and we’re so grateful you’re here tonight! Now let’s finish this TOGETHER! Everybody sing! [Final Chorus] We should have been famous But there’s glory in the trying, in the creating We should have been timeless But we’re alive in every heart that we awakened Oh, we gave our youth, we gave our nights We were our own stadium lights We should have been famous But we were exactly where we belonged [Outro] So here’s to the van, the broken strings To Sarah’s piano, to everything We almost were, we’ll always be Forever young in memory We should have been famous God knows, we should have been famous Thank you and Good Night!