Old Dominion

Released: October 8, 2021

Songwriter: Whit Sellers Trevor Rosen Shane McAnally Matthew Thomas Ramsey Geoff Sprung Brad Tursi

[Verse 1]
I’ll take another cold beer from you brother
Got a story I could tell ya
Could you drop a pink umbrella in my High Life?
And make it look like a Mai Tai
I’ll paint you a palm tree picture
Couple fools in paradise

[Chorus]
Swept up in the blue, we
We’re living life in a movie
Just like Elvis and Priscilla, yeah, the both of us
Drinking pineapple rum out of a coconut
By the ocean, happy as a ukulele
Yeah, that rainbow we were under
Sometimes I wonder why we
Ever left Hawaii

[Verse 2]
Back on the mainland
Things ain’t the same, man
Wish wе could go back to island time
We had a plan to sell bamboo and chimеs
At a roadside souvenir stand
We had it all in the palm of our hands
But it slipped right through like sand in Waimea Bay
We shoulda stayed

[Chorus]
Swept up in the blue, we
We’re living life in a movie
Just like Elvis and Priscilla, yeah, the both of us
Drinking pineapple rum out of a coconut
By the ocean, happy as a ukulele
Yeah, that rainbow we were under
Sometimes I wonder why we
Ever left Hawaii

[Chorus]
Swept up in the blue, we
We’re living life in a movie
Just like Elvis and Priscilla, yeah, the both of us
Drinking pineapple rum out of a coconut
By the ocean, happy as a ukulele
Yeah, that rainbow we were under
Sometimes I wonder why we
Ever left Hawaii

Ever left Hawaii

Old Dominion is a five-member country music band. Formed in Nashville, TN, their music is contemporary country with rock instrumentation, and has pop and hip-hop overtones. They released their first self-titled EP in 2014. The band consists Matthew Ramsey & Trevor Rosen on guitar & keyboard; Whit Sellers on drums; Geoff Sprung on bass; and Brad Tursi on guitar.

- Matthew Thomas Ramsey was born circa 1968 and hails from Buchanan, Virginia. He has a brother, Christian. He attended James River High School in Buchanan and Virginia Commonwealth University. He is the lead singer and guitarist for the band. Matthew married Sara Dudley and they live in Nashville.

- Trevor Joseph Rosen was born in Detroit, Michigan on February 18, 1975 and was raised in Woodhaven, MI. He attended Gabriel Richard Catholic High School in Riverview, MI (class of ‘92) and studied Psychology at the University of Michigan in Dearborn. Trevor married Amy Parrott and they have four children; Alivia, Dylan, Scarlett, and Anabelle. He is a guitarist/vocalist for the band. He and his family reside in Nashville.

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