You got married in Savannah
Like the good walker girls do
But the pretty chapel stained glass
Cast your face in shades of blue
I saw it in the pictures
It hardly looked like you

He was painted up all golden
Shining like his family name
I hear he’s polished and he’s genteel
Effervescent, fine champagne
Your daddy ought to be proud
He always played to win the game

Oh we were wild once
Open road ahead and you in the passenger seat
Oh we were wild once
Making promises and swearing we were playing for keeps
There was a fire in your blood
You know we lived to fan the flames
What a shame to see a wild thing be tamed

Told me your family was a hard one
Swore you’d never go back south
We’d pick cities off the wall map
Spin our dreams of getting out
Cut your hair off in the bathroom
Found new prayers to say aloud
You might also like

Oh, we were wild once
Open road ahead and you in the passenger seat
Oh, we were wild once
Making promises and swearing we were playing for keeps
There was a fire in your blood
You know we lived to fan the flames
What a shame to see a wild thing be tamed

The last time that I saw your face
You were dazzling in the August haze
Hot-blooded and head-strong and iron-willed
The changes comes like seasons
Everybody’s got their reasons
Are you just growing up and growing out of it?
Am I someone that you’d rather just forget?

Oh, we were wild once
Dashboard photographs all faded from the summer heat
Oh we were wild once
Making promises we knew that we could never keep
There was a fire in your blood
You know we lived to fan the flames
What a shame to see you burn out ‘fore you ever caught ablaze

Oh, we were wild once
Open road ahead and you in the passenger seat
Oh, we were wild once
Making promises and swearing we were playing for keeps
There was a fire in your blood
You know we lived to fan the flames
What a shame to see a wild thing be tamed
What a shame to see a wild thing be tamed
What a shame to see a wild thing be tamed