[Verse 1]
Tommy got off at the Texaco
Came busting in to Norma's Cafe
Said come on man, we gotta go, yeah
You know how those party girls hate to wait
Filled up his daddy's trunk with ice and beer and
Yeah, he was always stealing the old man's car
Radio never came in too clear
So I'd bang out one on my piece of junk guitar

[Chorus]
Yeah, we ruled from the blacktop
To the levee where the party never stopped
Yeah there was power in the night
The spirit was alive when we would sing
Ah, sha-na-na-na-na-na-na-na
When we were kings
When we were kings

[Verse 2]
Sitting around the fire one night Tommy called my name
I turned around, he said, "hey what do you think?"
Had his arm around the prettiest girl I'd ever seen
He kissed her hard and took another drink
I said you must be an angel putting up with this guy
She laughed and said play me some Rolling Stone
I couldn't let that chance go by
Yeah I, I sang "You Can't Always Get What you Want"
[Chorus]
Yeah, we ruled from the blacktop
To the levee where the party never stopped
Yeah there was power in the night
The spirit was alive when we would sing
Ah, sha-na-na-na-na-na-na-na
When we were kings
When we were kings

[Verse 3]
Yeah, that was the fall of '69
I guess Uncle Sam was hedging his bet
Tommy's number came up, he said "Hey, I'll be fine"
"I'll teach 'em a lesson they'll never forget"
Angel and I went to wave goodbye
I guess we always thought we'd see him again
You know, I took her out after that a couple of times, but
We always just wound up talking 'bout him

[Chorus]
Yeah, we ruled from the blacktop
To the levee where the party never stopped
Yeah there was power in the night
The spirit was alive when we would sing
Ah, sha-na-na-na-na-na-na-na
When we were kings
When we were kings
[Outro]
Yeah, sha na na na na na na na
When we were kings
(Sha na na na na na na na)
Hey, hey, hey
(Sha na na na na na na na)
When we were kings
(Sha na na na na na na na)
When we were kings