That Was Us
Twenty dollars out of mumma's purse bought us a tank of gas
And a pack of tobacco when we were just teenage kids
Me and Jack and Danny we'd go driving around
If there was trouble to be found then we found it quick
Chuckin' doughnuts in the field
'Till old man Smith would call the cops
He'd come running out with a shotgun
'Cause we were running down his crops
And I reckon he's still wondering who that was
But that was us
Now some of those local boys moved on but we never changed a bit
Never had a scrap of sense, least that's what some folks said
Then we finally turned old enough to buy our own beer
Don't remember much about that year, just lucky that we're not dead
'Cause somebody said they saw some boys
With a ute looked just like mine
Trying to pull down that old water tank
That sits out by the railway line
And people wonder why it leans the way it does
Well that was us
Seems like small towns never change
But things get tough when times get hard
And they said when he got sick
That old man Smith would have lost that farm
'Cause he was getting way behind on all his bills
'Till someone came and brought his crops in from the fields
Yeah and folks 'round here still don't know who that was
That was us
Chuckin' doughnuts in the fields
'Till old man Smith would call the cops
He'd come running out with a shotgun
'Cause we were running down his crops
Somebody said they saw some boys
With a ute looked just like mine
Trying to pull down that old water tank
That sits out by the railway line
That was us
That was us
Éramos Nós
Vinte reais da bolsa da mamãe compraram um tanque de gasolina
E um maço de cigarro quando éramos só adolescentes
Eu, Jack e Danny saíamos pra dar uma volta
Se tinha encrenca pra achar, a gente achava rapidinho
Fazendo drift no campo
Até o velho Smith chamar a polícia
Ele saía correndo com uma espingarda
Porque a gente tava destruindo as plantações dele
E eu aposto que ele ainda se pergunta quem éramos
Mas éramos nós
Agora alguns daqueles moleques locais seguiram em frente, mas a gente não mudou nada
Nunca tivemos um pingo de juízo, pelo menos é o que alguns dizem
Então finalmente ficamos velhos o suficiente pra comprar nossa própria cerveja
Não lembro muito daquele ano, só sei que tivemos sorte de não estarmos mortos
Porque alguém disse que viu uns caras
Com uma caminhonete que parecia com a minha
Tentando derrubar aquele velho tanque d'água
Que fica ali perto da linha do trem
E o povo se pergunta por que ele tá torto desse jeito
Bem, éramos nós
Parece que cidades pequenas nunca mudam
Mas as coisas ficam difíceis quando a situação aperta
E disseram que quando ele ficou doente
O velho Smith ia perder a fazenda
Porque ele tava se enrolando com todas as contas
Até que alguém veio e colheu as plantações dele do campo
É, e o povo aqui ainda não sabe quem éramos
Éramos nós
Fazendo drift no campo
Até o velho Smith chamar a polícia
Ele saía correndo com uma espingarda
Porque a gente tava destruindo as plantações dele
Alguém disse que viu uns caras
Com uma caminhonete que parecia com a minha
Tentando derrubar aquele velho tanque d'água
Que fica ali perto da linha do trem
Éramos nós
Éramos nós