The Thunder Brothers — Last Call Verse 1 We were young when the thunder rolled Cheap sunglasses, hearts of gold Boat drinks sweating in our hands Making noise like we owned the land Every bad idea felt like a sign Every scar seemed funny at the time We laughed too hard, we stayed too late Never thought the night could change its shape Chorus Now the Thunder Brothers move a little slow Still telling stories only we would know The boat drinks faded with the neon light Now it’s Ensure and smoothies on a Friday night We don’t raise hell like we did back then But we raise a glass to where we’ve been The storm gets quiet, but it never dies There’s still a little thunder behind our eyes Verse 2 One had a joke for every room One could turn trouble into perfume We busted balls and crossed the line And blamed it all on borrowed time Now the music’s lower, the chairs have backs We talk about blood pressure, knees, and snacks The jukebox changed, the crowd moved on But somehow the old songs still come on Chorus Now the Thunder Brothers move a little slow Still telling stories only we would know The boat drinks faded with the neon light Now it’s Ensure and smoothies on a Friday night We don’t raise hell like we did back then But we raise a glass to where we’ve been The storm gets quiet, but it never dies There’s still a little thunder behind our eyes Bridge We thought growing old was a distant town Some place the weak and weary settled down But age came in like a soft back door No warning shot, no closing score And all those nights we couldn’t recall Became the ones we remember most of all The jokes got gentler, the hair got thin But the brother beside you still makes you grin Verse 3 Now one brings vitamins, one brings ice We read the labels and take advice No more rum under tropical skies Just protein powder and tired eyes But every now and then the old spark flies Some stupid joke, some ancient lie And for a moment, the years unwind And it still seems funny at the time Final Chorus The Thunder Brothers move a little slow But there’s still some road left left to go The boat drinks faded, the years moved by Now it’s Ensure, smoothies, and an early goodbye We don’t chase dawn like we did back then But we carry the night beneath our skin The storm gets quiet, but it never dies There’s still a little thunder behind our eyes Outro So here’s to the nights we couldn’t tame To every bad joke and forgotten name To the men we were and the men we became Still Thunder Brothers, just softer rain And when the final last call comes in time We’ll smile and say, “It seemed funny at the time.”
