In 1999, the band that would become The Starting Line was initiated in Churchville, Pennsylvania via an e-mail from guitarist Matt Watts to vocalist/bassist Kenny Vasoli. It asked if the then fourteen-year-old Vasoli, who was at that time in a band called Smash Adams, was interested in "Jamming and shit", as the message title read. Only a few weeks later, Vasoli found himself rehearsing with his future band-mates Watts, guitarist Mike Golla and drummer Tom Gryskewicz. That year, Smash Adams released a tape, Batteries Not Included. It had 7 songs, of which only 4 were mastered. One song from that tape was incorporated into another bands work, 5 Days Ahead. They used a Smash Adams song, Kathleen, in an intro that was set inside of a car with two people talking. It was playing faintly in the background. Soon, the band started touring under the name Sunday Drive, selling out home-made merchandise and a self-recorded demo cassette titled Four Songs. Their first official release was a three-way split with The Jimmy Tuesday Band and The Commercials contributing three songs each, released on KickStart Audio in 2000.
Strangeland is the fourth studio album by English alternative rock band Keane, released in May 2012 through Island Records. It is their first full-length album since Perfect Symmetry (2008), as well as the first to feature bassist Jesse Quin as an official member.
Two singles were released preceding the album's release: "Silenced by the Night" and "Disconnected". The former was released internationally on 13 March 2012, while the latter was released on 27 April 2012. The video for "Disconnected" won Best Video at the Q Awards on 22 October 2012. Upon its release, the album received generally average reviews from music critics. The album became their fifth consecutive number-one album on the UK Albums Chart.
Background
"It's a very emotional album. The title track is about setting off in a certain path in life and thinking it's going to go one way, but finding out life's taken a detour. Pretty much every song on the album is about that. (But) it's a more hopeful record than it might sound!"
Drive is an American actiondrama television series created by Tim Minear and Ben Queen, produced by Minear, Queen, and Greg Yaitanes, and starring Nathan Fillion. Four episodes aired on the Fox Network in April 2007. Two unaired episodes were later released directly to digital distribution.
The series is set against the backdrop of an illegal cross-country automobile road race, focusing on the willing and unwilling competitors and, as the plot develops, the unseen puppet masters who sponsor the race. Minear has described the show's thematic tone by saying "a secret, illegal, underground road race can be anything from Cannonball Run to The Game to North by Northwest to Magnolia-on-wheels. Ours is all those things."
Firefly and Serenity star Nathan Fillion, a longtime friend of series creator Tim Minear, plays the lead role of Alex Tully. Ivan Sergei played Tully in the unaired pilot.
Drive was the first TV show in history which had a live Twitter session during an episode. The account @foxdrive still exists.
Official video of "Best of Me" by rock band The Starting Line
published: 09 Aug 2007
The Starting Line - Bedroom Talk
Music video by The Starting Line performing Bedroom Talk. (C) 2005 Geffen Records
published: 16 Jun 2009
The Starting Line - Island (Float Away)
Music video by The Starting Line performing Island.
published: 03 Apr 2008
The Starting Line
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The Starting Line · Keane
Strangeland
℗ 2012 Universal Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Released on: 2012-01-01
Producer, Studio Personnel, Recording Engineer, Mixer, Mix Engineer: Dan Grech-Marguerat
Studio Personnel, Recording Engineer: Tom Hough
Studio Personnel, Mix Engineer: Duncan Fuller
Associated Performer, Vocals, Keyboards: Tom Chaplin
Associated Performer, Piano, Keyboards, Percussion, Background Vocalist: Tim Rice-Oxley
Associated Performer, Drums, Percussion, Background Vocalist: Richard Hughes
Associated Performer, Bass ( Vocal), Keyboards, Percussion, Background Vocalist: Jesse Quin
Studio Personnel, Mastering Engineer: Bob Ludwig
Composer Lyricist: Tim Rice-Oxley
Composer Lyr...
published: 12 Dec 2018
The Starting Line - Leaving (Closed Captioned)
Music video by The Starting Line performing Leaving. (C) 2003 Drive Thru Records
published: 16 Jun 2009
Neil Cicierega - The Starting Line
Get the album here: http://www.neilcic.com/mouthmoods/
published: 24 Jan 2017
Keane - The Starting Line (Acoustic)
The acoustic 'The Starting Line' video.
Listen to 'The Starting Line' from Strangeland album here:
https://Keane.lnk.to/StrangelandID
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Lyrics below:
This town was a lovers stage
But now you can't recognize
The streetlights that are daggers to your eyes
You can't find your bearings
You're slipping into the ground
The scene has no color and no sound
You still believe in me
After the things I've done
You fear for what we have become
The ground ...
published: 22 May 2012
The Starting Line - Best Of Me (Extended Music Video Version)
Heya I thought the music video for this song was a bit strange since it said "(Short Intro)" and I watched the making of the music video and they were talking about how the music video was made and what was going to be in it. So there was bound to be another version of it somewhere, so I looked on Vimeo and there it was!
Apparently the director of the music video himself uploaded it, here's the link to the original video: https://vimeo.com/101985393
Song and Music Video belongs to The Starting Line
Also sadly this music video doesn't have the part where the guy realizes that the girl is actually across the street from him ;p I'm not sure they even filmed that, it would suck tho if they didn't.
Link to the original script: https://www.facebook.com/notes/the-starting-line/best-of-me-mu...
published: 21 Nov 2017
The Starting Line
Me talking about starting a YouTube channel
published: 09 Aug 2024
[hate5six] The Starting Line - December 17, 2021
The Starting Line at Franklin Music Hall in Philadelphia, PA on 2021-12-17
Every day is Viewer's Choice on hate5six. Vote on tomorrow's video release: http://hate5six.com/vote
Other THE STARTING LINE Videos:
2002-10-25 - Old Bridge, NJ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Seb_cCMQXU
2002-12-29 - South Amboy, NJ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SSoJvUiWmo
2002-08-05 - Jacksonville, FL - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYBznon-lDA
2002-12-28 - Old Bridge, NJ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FPvPyOuULo
Other Videos From The Show:
The Movielife - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M35E9YiilBY
Queen of Jeans - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T5jid2j6n0
Bands Similar to THE STARTING LINE, computed by Sage: https://hate5six.com/sage
I Call Fives - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK5ad9gBwJ...
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The Starting Line · Keane
Strangeland
℗ 2012 Universal Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations ...
Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group
The Starting Line · Keane
Strangeland
℗ 2012 Universal Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Released on: 2012-01-01
Producer, Studio Personnel, Recording Engineer, Mixer, Mix Engineer: Dan Grech-Marguerat
Studio Personnel, Recording Engineer: Tom Hough
Studio Personnel, Mix Engineer: Duncan Fuller
Associated Performer, Vocals, Keyboards: Tom Chaplin
Associated Performer, Piano, Keyboards, Percussion, Background Vocalist: Tim Rice-Oxley
Associated Performer, Drums, Percussion, Background Vocalist: Richard Hughes
Associated Performer, Bass ( Vocal), Keyboards, Percussion, Background Vocalist: Jesse Quin
Studio Personnel, Mastering Engineer: Bob Ludwig
Composer Lyricist: Tim Rice-Oxley
Composer Lyricist: Tom Chaplin
Composer Lyricist: Richard Hughes
Composer Lyricist: Jesse Quin
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group
The Starting Line · Keane
Strangeland
℗ 2012 Universal Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Released on: 2012-01-01
Producer, Studio Personnel, Recording Engineer, Mixer, Mix Engineer: Dan Grech-Marguerat
Studio Personnel, Recording Engineer: Tom Hough
Studio Personnel, Mix Engineer: Duncan Fuller
Associated Performer, Vocals, Keyboards: Tom Chaplin
Associated Performer, Piano, Keyboards, Percussion, Background Vocalist: Tim Rice-Oxley
Associated Performer, Drums, Percussion, Background Vocalist: Richard Hughes
Associated Performer, Bass ( Vocal), Keyboards, Percussion, Background Vocalist: Jesse Quin
Studio Personnel, Mastering Engineer: Bob Ludwig
Composer Lyricist: Tim Rice-Oxley
Composer Lyricist: Tom Chaplin
Composer Lyricist: Richard Hughes
Composer Lyricist: Jesse Quin
Auto-generated by YouTube.
The acoustic 'The Starting Line' video.
Listen to 'The Starting Line' from Strangeland album here:
https://Keane.lnk.to/StrangelandID
Subscribe to Keane on Y...
The acoustic 'The Starting Line' video.
Listen to 'The Starting Line' from Strangeland album here:
https://Keane.lnk.to/StrangelandID
Subscribe to Keane on YouTube: https://Keane.lnk.to/youtubesubID
Follow Keane online:
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Soundcloud: https://Keane.lnk.to/SoundcloudID
Lyrics below:
This town was a lovers stage
But now you can't recognize
The streetlights that are daggers to your eyes
You can't find your bearings
You're slipping into the ground
The scene has no color and no sound
You still believe in me
After the things I've done
You fear for what we have become
The ground is uneven
We stumble from day to day
You shelter where it's easy
Although your feet are like lead
But you gotta get underway
Drag your heart up to the starting line
Forget the ghosts that make you old before your time
It's too easy to get left behind
I know you've been kicked around
But tie up your thoughts and lay them down on me
Each heart is a paper kite blown around by the breeze
Love won't rest 'til it brings you to your knees
Some find it easy, some will never even know
You think you've done your journey
Then you stumble and find that there's such a long way to go
Drag your heart up to the starting line
Forget the ghosts that make you old before your time
It's too easy to get left behind
I know you've been kicked around
You wanna be lost and not be found
But let's take the back way into town
Drink to the bad times
Lay them down on me
Girl, I still believe in you
You're too good to fall so low
We're gonna find a better life I know
Things will be clearer
As soon as we make a start
We'll be that much nearer
We're too old to just stand here waiting to break apart
Drag your heart up to the starting line
Forget the ghosts that make you old before your time
It's too easy to get left behind
I know you've been kicked around
But tie up your thoughts and lay them down on me
On me, on me
Music video by Keane performing The Starting Line. (C) 2012 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
The acoustic 'The Starting Line' video.
Listen to 'The Starting Line' from Strangeland album here:
https://Keane.lnk.to/StrangelandID
Subscribe to Keane on YouTube: https://Keane.lnk.to/youtubesubID
Follow Keane online:
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Apple Music: https://Keane.lnk.to/AppleMusicID
Soundcloud: https://Keane.lnk.to/SoundcloudID
Lyrics below:
This town was a lovers stage
But now you can't recognize
The streetlights that are daggers to your eyes
You can't find your bearings
You're slipping into the ground
The scene has no color and no sound
You still believe in me
After the things I've done
You fear for what we have become
The ground is uneven
We stumble from day to day
You shelter where it's easy
Although your feet are like lead
But you gotta get underway
Drag your heart up to the starting line
Forget the ghosts that make you old before your time
It's too easy to get left behind
I know you've been kicked around
But tie up your thoughts and lay them down on me
Each heart is a paper kite blown around by the breeze
Love won't rest 'til it brings you to your knees
Some find it easy, some will never even know
You think you've done your journey
Then you stumble and find that there's such a long way to go
Drag your heart up to the starting line
Forget the ghosts that make you old before your time
It's too easy to get left behind
I know you've been kicked around
You wanna be lost and not be found
But let's take the back way into town
Drink to the bad times
Lay them down on me
Girl, I still believe in you
You're too good to fall so low
We're gonna find a better life I know
Things will be clearer
As soon as we make a start
We'll be that much nearer
We're too old to just stand here waiting to break apart
Drag your heart up to the starting line
Forget the ghosts that make you old before your time
It's too easy to get left behind
I know you've been kicked around
But tie up your thoughts and lay them down on me
On me, on me
Music video by Keane performing The Starting Line. (C) 2012 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Heya I thought the music video for this song was a bit strange since it said "(Short Intro)" and I watched the making of the music video and they were talking a...
Heya I thought the music video for this song was a bit strange since it said "(Short Intro)" and I watched the making of the music video and they were talking about how the music video was made and what was going to be in it. So there was bound to be another version of it somewhere, so I looked on Vimeo and there it was!
Apparently the director of the music video himself uploaded it, here's the link to the original video: https://vimeo.com/101985393
Song and Music Video belongs to The Starting Line
Also sadly this music video doesn't have the part where the guy realizes that the girl is actually across the street from him ;p I'm not sure they even filmed that, it would suck tho if they didn't.
Link to the original script: https://www.facebook.com/notes/the-starting-line/best-of-me-music-video-treatment/10150966009109053/
Heya I thought the music video for this song was a bit strange since it said "(Short Intro)" and I watched the making of the music video and they were talking about how the music video was made and what was going to be in it. So there was bound to be another version of it somewhere, so I looked on Vimeo and there it was!
Apparently the director of the music video himself uploaded it, here's the link to the original video: https://vimeo.com/101985393
Song and Music Video belongs to The Starting Line
Also sadly this music video doesn't have the part where the guy realizes that the girl is actually across the street from him ;p I'm not sure they even filmed that, it would suck tho if they didn't.
Link to the original script: https://www.facebook.com/notes/the-starting-line/best-of-me-music-video-treatment/10150966009109053/
The Starting Line at Franklin Music Hall in Philadelphia, PA on 2021-12-17
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The Starting Line at Franklin Music Hall in Philadelphia, PA on 2021-12-17
Every day is Viewer's Choice on hate5six. Vote on tomorrow's video release: http://hate5six.com/vote
Other THE STARTING LINE Videos:
2002-10-25 - Old Bridge, NJ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Seb_cCMQXU
2002-12-29 - South Amboy, NJ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SSoJvUiWmo
2002-08-05 - Jacksonville, FL - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYBznon-lDA
2002-12-28 - Old Bridge, NJ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FPvPyOuULo
Other Videos From The Show:
The Movielife - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M35E9YiilBY
Queen of Jeans - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T5jid2j6n0
Bands Similar to THE STARTING LINE, computed by Sage: https://hate5six.com/sage
I Call Fives - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK5ad9gBwJM
Midtown - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_85O8i5_uQ
Bayside - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-fc0ZyaYx0
Knuckle Puck - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ot_7J-4gGIk
Taking Back Sunday - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbbFtB1xqrE
Yellowcard - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_aCC_kGw6M
Glasseater - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOFyxd1nWlg
Armor for Sleep - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTfnVCbodjc
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The Starting Line at Franklin Music Hall in Philadelphia, PA on 2021-12-17
Every day is Viewer's Choice on hate5six. Vote on tomorrow's video release: http://hate5six.com/vote
Other THE STARTING LINE Videos:
2002-10-25 - Old Bridge, NJ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Seb_cCMQXU
2002-12-29 - South Amboy, NJ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SSoJvUiWmo
2002-08-05 - Jacksonville, FL - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYBznon-lDA
2002-12-28 - Old Bridge, NJ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FPvPyOuULo
Other Videos From The Show:
The Movielife - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M35E9YiilBY
Queen of Jeans - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T5jid2j6n0
Bands Similar to THE STARTING LINE, computed by Sage: https://hate5six.com/sage
I Call Fives - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK5ad9gBwJM
Midtown - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_85O8i5_uQ
Bayside - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-fc0ZyaYx0
Knuckle Puck - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ot_7J-4gGIk
Taking Back Sunday - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbbFtB1xqrE
Yellowcard - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_aCC_kGw6M
Glasseater - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOFyxd1nWlg
Armor for Sleep - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTfnVCbodjc
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The Starting Line · Keane
Strangeland
℗ 2012 Universal Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Released on: 2012-01-01
Producer, Studio Personnel, Recording Engineer, Mixer, Mix Engineer: Dan Grech-Marguerat
Studio Personnel, Recording Engineer: Tom Hough
Studio Personnel, Mix Engineer: Duncan Fuller
Associated Performer, Vocals, Keyboards: Tom Chaplin
Associated Performer, Piano, Keyboards, Percussion, Background Vocalist: Tim Rice-Oxley
Associated Performer, Drums, Percussion, Background Vocalist: Richard Hughes
Associated Performer, Bass ( Vocal), Keyboards, Percussion, Background Vocalist: Jesse Quin
Studio Personnel, Mastering Engineer: Bob Ludwig
Composer Lyricist: Tim Rice-Oxley
Composer Lyricist: Tom Chaplin
Composer Lyricist: Richard Hughes
Composer Lyricist: Jesse Quin
Auto-generated by YouTube.
The acoustic 'The Starting Line' video.
Listen to 'The Starting Line' from Strangeland album here:
https://Keane.lnk.to/StrangelandID
Subscribe to Keane on YouTube: https://Keane.lnk.to/youtubesubID
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Soundcloud: https://Keane.lnk.to/SoundcloudID
Lyrics below:
This town was a lovers stage
But now you can't recognize
The streetlights that are daggers to your eyes
You can't find your bearings
You're slipping into the ground
The scene has no color and no sound
You still believe in me
After the things I've done
You fear for what we have become
The ground is uneven
We stumble from day to day
You shelter where it's easy
Although your feet are like lead
But you gotta get underway
Drag your heart up to the starting line
Forget the ghosts that make you old before your time
It's too easy to get left behind
I know you've been kicked around
But tie up your thoughts and lay them down on me
Each heart is a paper kite blown around by the breeze
Love won't rest 'til it brings you to your knees
Some find it easy, some will never even know
You think you've done your journey
Then you stumble and find that there's such a long way to go
Drag your heart up to the starting line
Forget the ghosts that make you old before your time
It's too easy to get left behind
I know you've been kicked around
You wanna be lost and not be found
But let's take the back way into town
Drink to the bad times
Lay them down on me
Girl, I still believe in you
You're too good to fall so low
We're gonna find a better life I know
Things will be clearer
As soon as we make a start
We'll be that much nearer
We're too old to just stand here waiting to break apart
Drag your heart up to the starting line
Forget the ghosts that make you old before your time
It's too easy to get left behind
I know you've been kicked around
But tie up your thoughts and lay them down on me
On me, on me
Music video by Keane performing The Starting Line. (C) 2012 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Heya I thought the music video for this song was a bit strange since it said "(Short Intro)" and I watched the making of the music video and they were talking about how the music video was made and what was going to be in it. So there was bound to be another version of it somewhere, so I looked on Vimeo and there it was!
Apparently the director of the music video himself uploaded it, here's the link to the original video: https://vimeo.com/101985393
Song and Music Video belongs to The Starting Line
Also sadly this music video doesn't have the part where the guy realizes that the girl is actually across the street from him ;p I'm not sure they even filmed that, it would suck tho if they didn't.
Link to the original script: https://www.facebook.com/notes/the-starting-line/best-of-me-music-video-treatment/10150966009109053/
The Starting Line at Franklin Music Hall in Philadelphia, PA on 2021-12-17
Every day is Viewer's Choice on hate5six. Vote on tomorrow's video release: http://hate5six.com/vote
Other THE STARTING LINE Videos:
2002-10-25 - Old Bridge, NJ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Seb_cCMQXU
2002-12-29 - South Amboy, NJ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SSoJvUiWmo
2002-08-05 - Jacksonville, FL - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYBznon-lDA
2002-12-28 - Old Bridge, NJ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FPvPyOuULo
Other Videos From The Show:
The Movielife - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M35E9YiilBY
Queen of Jeans - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T5jid2j6n0
Bands Similar to THE STARTING LINE, computed by Sage: https://hate5six.com/sage
I Call Fives - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK5ad9gBwJM
Midtown - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_85O8i5_uQ
Bayside - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-fc0ZyaYx0
Knuckle Puck - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ot_7J-4gGIk
Taking Back Sunday - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbbFtB1xqrE
Yellowcard - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_aCC_kGw6M
Glasseater - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOFyxd1nWlg
Armor for Sleep - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTfnVCbodjc
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In 1999, the band that would become The Starting Line was initiated in Churchville, Pennsylvania via an e-mail from guitarist Matt Watts to vocalist/bassist Kenny Vasoli. It asked if the then fourteen-year-old Vasoli, who was at that time in a band called Smash Adams, was interested in "Jamming and shit", as the message title read. Only a few weeks later, Vasoli found himself rehearsing with his future band-mates Watts, guitarist Mike Golla and drummer Tom Gryskewicz. That year, Smash Adams released a tape, Batteries Not Included. It had 7 songs, of which only 4 were mastered. One song from that tape was incorporated into another bands work, 5 Days Ahead. They used a Smash Adams song, Kathleen, in an intro that was set inside of a car with two people talking. It was playing faintly in the background. Soon, the band started touring under the name Sunday Drive, selling out home-made merchandise and a self-recorded demo cassette titled Four Songs. Their first official release was a three-way split with The Jimmy Tuesday Band and The Commercials contributing three songs each, released on KickStart Audio in 2000.
I got the talk when I was younger And understood. As I recall, they hadn't mentioned this at all My heart was racing like a sprinter That tripped and fell In love with a girl just for tonight and that's all I've got big, big plans And they've got to mean Something more than just once I just don't know what I want I'm gonna tear your ass up like we just got married And you're all mine now Tonight is the night we've been waiting for all our lives Or maybe for just tonight I got the call when I was older Yeah and I understood If it happens then it happens and that's all My arms the hose and you're the fire Out of control And I've got put you out before there's nothing left at all I've got big, big plans And they've got to mean Something more than just once I just don't know, I don't know I don't know, I don't--- I don't know, I don't know I just don't know what I want I'm gonna tear your ass up like we just got married And you're all mine now Tonight is the night we've been waiting for all our lives Or maybe for just mine So get your ass up cause you're in no hurry like I am now I'm getting older and older all of the time or maybe for just tonight And the next part is the hardest To admit and explain but I've got to get it right She said "I'll chew you up and spit you out like all them. I'm gonna put you right back in my mouth You're gonna stay like that for now I will always love you" I said I tore your ass up like we just got married And you're all mine now 'Cause tonight is the night we've been waiting for all our lives Or maybe its just: You've gotta get your ass up cause you're in no hurry Like I am now I'm getting older and older all of the time Let's go one more time I'm gonna tear your ass up like we just got married And you're all mine now Tonight is the night we've been waiting for all our lives Or maybe it's just mine Over tonight