(Verse 1) We fixed a generator with duct tape A crescent wrench and blind faith Ran three days on bad coffee Nicotine and pure hate Slept sitting straight upright Anywhere they said we could And every terrible decision started with “Boys this oughta work” One guy welded half a toolbox Directly to a Humvee frame Another idiot almost burned down base ops Trying to heat up chow mein And somehow every senior chief Always looked us dead inside the eyes Then handed us the dumbest job imaginable And said, “Figure it out, you’ll be alright” (Pre-Chorus) Looking back now It’s honestly insane (Chorus) But at the time Every bad idea sounded probably fine Climbing where we shouldn’t climb Lifting things way over guidelines Laughing through chaos every night Like we were never gonna die And if it sounds completely stupid That’s because it was But somehow brother… We survived all of it together (Verse 2) Somebody drove a forklift sideways With no brakes down loading ramp three Another genius lost a toolbox Directly into the sea We had one flashlight for six guys Half the gear was held by zip ties And every safety briefing somehow ended with “Don’t do what those idiots tried” Then Friday nights rolled around And suddenly everybody turned immortal Beer, tattoos, dumb dares And questionable life choices became normal Man we laughed until sunrise Like stress couldn’t touch our souls Cause humor was how young men survived Things nobody prepared us for (Pre-Chorus) Crazy thing is I’d probably do it all again for those guys (Chorus) Cause at the time Every bad idea sounded probably fine Running on fumes and confidence Like youth made us bulletproof somehow We were loud, exhausted, reckless And absolutely outta our minds But those are still some of the best memories Of my whole damn life (Bridge – stripped down/comedic emotional turn) Civilians hear these stories now And stare at us like we escaped prison While every veteran in the room Can’t stop laughing cause they lived it (Solo section – southern rock energy) (Last Chorus) Yeah at the time Every bad idea sounded probably fine And somehow the dumbest moments Built the strongest bonds in life Now we’re older, slower, grayer But one story gets us right back there Young, loud, exhausted, fearless Like nothing in the world could break us yet (Outro – laughter and fading ambience) “Hey… remember when Jack fell off the loader?” “Oh God… I thought he died.” “Yeah… probably fine.” (laughter fade)
