Cardboard Crowns

We raced on bikes down dead-end streets

Tied capes from towels, scraped up knees

Chalk-drawn maps and lightning bugs

Believed in magic, 'cause why not us

We had a throne made out of milk crates

A flag we made from a pillowcase

We ruled the street like we owned the place

We were kings, we were kings

Cardboard crowns and paper swords

Laughed too loud, never locked our doors

I still hear echoes through the noise

We were kings, we were kings

We lit our summers on fire for fun

Counted stars when the day was done

You said"Promise me we'll never change"

But the years flew past like a paper plane

We left the house and we left the dreams

But that street still holds a part of me

And every crack in the sidewalk sings

Of cardboard crowns and younger kings

We had a throne made out of milk crates

A flag we made from a pillowcase

We ruled the street like we owned the place

We were kings, we were kings

Cardboard crowns and paper swords

Laughed too loud, never locked our doors

I still hear echoes through the noise

We were kings, we were kings

We swore we'd be legends, ten feet tall

Now I just drink when the nights get small

The world spun fast, we let it go

Now I toast to thrones we used to know

We had a throne made out of milk crates

A flag we made from a pillowcase

We ruled the street like we owned the place

We were kings, we were kings

Cardboard crowns and paper swords

Laughed too loud, never locked our doors

Even now, I hear your voice

We were kings, we were kings

We were kings, we were kings