You got married in Savannah Like the good walker girls do But the pretty chapel stained glass Cast your face in shades of blue I saw it in the pictures It hardly looked like you He was painted up all golden Shining like his family name I hear he’s polished and he’s genteel Effervescent, fine champagne Your daddy ought to be proud He always played to win the game Oh we were wild once Open road ahead and you in the passenger seat Oh we were wild once Making promises and swearing we were playing for keeps There was a fire in your blood You know we lived to fan the flames What a shame to see a wild thing be tamed Told me your family was a hard one Swore you’d never go back south We’d pick cities off the wall map Spin our dreams of getting out Cut your hair off in the bathroom Found new prayers to say aloud You might also like Oh, we were wild once Open road ahead and you in the passenger seat Oh, we were wild once Making promises and swearing we were playing for keeps There was a fire in your blood You know we lived to fan the flames What a shame to see a wild thing be tamed The last time that I saw your face You were dazzling in the August haze Hot-blooded and head-strong and iron-willed The changes comes like seasons Everybody’s got their reasons Are you just growing up and growing out of it? Am I someone that you’d rather just forget? Oh, we were wild once Dashboard photographs all faded from the summer heat Oh we were wild once Making promises we knew that we could never keep There was a fire in your blood You know we lived to fan the flames What a shame to see you burn out ‘fore you ever caught ablaze Oh, we were wild once Open road ahead and you in the passenger seat Oh, we were wild once Making promises and swearing we were playing for keeps There was a fire in your blood You know we lived to fan the flames What a shame to see a wild thing be tamed What a shame to see a wild thing be tamed What a shame to see a wild thing be tamed