Seventeen, we owned those streets Parking lot, that was our spot Thats where wed always meet And wed roll on out in a pickup truck parade Stake our claim with a fire in a field in the middle of Nowhere, USA Wed light the midnight up We'd drive too fast We'd get too loud We thought we made the world go round Nothin but a bunch of time to kill Set up on the big hill Make a toast, drink it down Say, yeah man, we run this town All the girls next door They meet us out there They couldn't wait to get away And come and let down their hair We were rough around the edges They were sweet as they could be They were way too good But they still let us steal a little kiss before they leave Guess they thought we were cool because We'd drive too fast We'd get too loud Yeah, we thought we made the world go round Drop it down in four-wheel Set up on a big hill And make a toast, drink it down Say, yeah man, we run this town From crazy kids to dirt road kings Oh, we didnt know nothin' But we knew everything We'd drive too fast We'd get too loud We thought we made the world go round Nothin but a bunch of time to kill Set up on the big hill Make a toast, drink it down Say, yeah man, we run this town High five and look around Damn right, we run this town Man, I love this town Come on