Punk Rock Basement

Lyrics

Cold Night

They were making love at a punk rock show
In a college rental basement in Athens Ohio
They tried to keep it quiet
With their jeans and their skirt on
Even though with the band
No one could’ve heard what they were doing

It was a cold night
It was a long time ago
In a sweaty punk rock basement in Athens Ohio

After the show she went left and he went right
In the stumbling darkness neither said goodnight
The quieted what they’d tried
They What never would mean more
She might say he was cute
None of her friends No one knew what the look in her eye was for

It was a cold night
It was a long time ago
In a sweaty punk rock basement in Athens Ohio

For a month she lived in the sound of their demo
And she’d wished they hung out after the show
But that’s long gone decades past
But she’s quite tired now
She’s cleaning the garage
Of her late parents’ house
Floating into the electric emptiness of a love that never was
Knowing the bittersweet of never was

It was a cold night
It was a long time ago
In a sweaty punk rock basement in Athens Ohio

They were severed wings
Spread in the darkness
Of a sweaty punk rock basement of Athens Ohio

Chords

Verse:
A – A – A – A
D – D – A – A
E – D – A – A

Chorus:
E – E – D – D –
A – A – E – D –
A – A – D – A –