Tape Deck lyrics

From my tape deck, there's a recklessness

Inflections of the world we want

All my friends, my rusty truck

We're just specks of love, directionless

Call this band just what we want

We could change the name from month to month

Four guitars and zero drums

We sounded folk but we wanted to be punk

In a world post-punk

Well my friend had an old guitar

He took some lessons, didn't get very far

An Ibanez with one knob stuck

So you could have that thing for fifty bucks

Loren got a bass but he got no amp

We borrowed Skill's, we never gave it back

Well Luke was just learning how to strum

But since he was the worst

We made him play the drums

Play the drums

You may find in the palm of your hand, there's a flame

As it burns, as it climbs, as it turns to a blaze

Well this flame, it won't last, here it comes, hold it close

Because this blaze can be fast, set it free, now there it goes

Well Luke's mom said that after school

We could rehearse in the living room

But that sure didn't last too long

I guess she didn't know we played Fugazi songs

Play these songs in the talent show

And all of the girls will be in the front row

But in the end we just chickened out

Because we can't sing, we can only shout

Only sh...

You may find in the palm of your hand, there's a flame

As it burns, as it climbs, as it turns to a blaze

Well this flame, it won't last, here it comes, hold it close

Because this blaze can be fast, set it free, now there it goes.

• Artist:Jack Johnson
• Album:From Here to Now to You (2013)