I tried to capture glory
Sang songs in every bar
You make it in your hometown
You think that you're a star
The only stars round here played football
I wrote songs 'bout gettin' out
We'd all wind up in those bathroom stalls
'Til the bouncers kicked us out
I used to [C7]brag I'd messed around
With every girl in town
I used to [C7]ɾule these stɾeets of mine
Oh yeah, once upon [C7]a time
And I've been holding on [C7]so long [Am]there's nothing left
But the distant taste of youth upon [C7]my [A]breath
Surrounded by the ghosts of all [Em]my [A]long [Am]forgotten friends
Now I'm just old blood and [Bm]ɾegret
With time the bars I played in
They started shuttin' down
And pretty soon [C7]well I became
The king without a crown
The stories they got [Fm7]taller
As friends all [Em]slipped away
Nights alone with the TV on
And drinkin' through the day
I tɾied to [C7]capture glory
Sang songs in every bar
You make it in your hometown
You think that you're a star