Many songs by The Hold Steady have great lyrics and their first lines are no exceptions.
She drove it like she stole it, she stole it fast, with a multitude of casualties.
There are nights when I think Sal Paradise was right, boys and girls in America have such a sad time together.
If they ask about Charlemagne, be polite and say something vague, like another lover lost to the restaurant raids.
She said always remember never to trust me, she said that the first night that she met me. She said there’s gonna come a time when I’m gonna have to go, with whoever’s gonna get me the highest.