Released: September 10, 2013
Songwriter: Shane McAnally Luke Laird Brandy Clark
Producer: Justin Niebank Sheryl Crow
[Verse 1]
28, shouldn't look this old
But the last ten years sure took their toll
On the girl in the picture with the plastic crown
That sequin dress wouldn't fit her now
Like it did
Before the kids
Yeah, she loves her husband 'cause she said she would
Oh, it ain't so good but it ain't so good
She swore she wouldn't get stuck in this town
Now she's cutting coupons two doors down
From her mom
And it goes on
[Chorus]
Yeah, too bad love ain't a local parade
In your uncle's Corvette on a Saturday
With all the little girls waiting on you to wave
When you're 17
You don't know
That you won't always be
Homecoming queen
[Verse 2]
Newspaper clipping and a stash in a box
Are the only things that didn't get lost
She married a guy on the real estate sign
And it's hard to believe once upon a time
She was royalty
The girl we all wanted to be
[Chorus]
Yeah, too bad love ain't a local parade
In your uncle's Corvette on a Saturday
With all the little girls waiting on you to wave
When you're 17
You don't know
That you won't always be
Homecoming queen
[Bridge]
Or the captain of the team
And it ain't' what it seems
It's just a teenage dream
[Chorus]
Yeah, too bad love ain't a local parade
In your uncle's Corvette on a Saturday
With all the little girls waiting on you to wave
When you're 17
You don't know
That you won't always be
Homecoming queen
28, shouldn't look this old
But the last ten years sure took their toll
On the girl in the picture with the plastic crown
That sequin dress wouldn't fit her now
Like it did
Before the kids
Yeah, she loves her husband 'cause she said she would
Oh, it ain't so good but it ain't so good
She swore she wouldn't get stuck in this town
Now she's cutting coupons two doors down
From her mom
And it goes on
[Chorus]
Yeah, too bad love ain't a local parade
In your uncle's Corvette on a Saturday
With all the little girls waiting on you to wave
When you're 17
You don't know
That you won't always be
Homecoming queen
[Verse 2]
Newspaper clipping and a stash in a box
Are the only things that didn't get lost
She married a guy on the real estate sign
And it's hard to believe once upon a time
She was royalty
The girl we all wanted to be
[Chorus]
Yeah, too bad love ain't a local parade
In your uncle's Corvette on a Saturday
With all the little girls waiting on you to wave
When you're 17
You don't know
That you won't always be
Homecoming queen
[Bridge]
Or the captain of the team
And it ain't' what it seems
It's just a teenage dream
[Chorus]
Yeah, too bad love ain't a local parade
In your uncle's Corvette on a Saturday
With all the little girls waiting on you to wave
When you're 17
You don't know
That you won't always be
Homecoming queen
more tracks from the album
From the album
- Feels Like Home (2013)
Sheryl Crow popular songs
- If It Makes You Happy
- Soak Up the Sun
- All I Wanna Do
- Real Gone
- My Favorite Mistake
- A Change Would Do You Good
- Everyday Is a Winding Road
- Strong Enough
- The First Cut Is the Deepest
- Tomorrow Never Dies
- I Shall Believe
- Sweet Child o’ Mine
- Halfway There
- Keep on Growing
- Not Fade Away
- Free Man
- All Kinds of People
- Angel Mine
- In Need
- Here Comes the Sun
- Coffee Shop
- Let’s Get Free
- There Is a Star That Shines Tonight
- I Feel Happy (Live)