Our Whole Lives The Hold Steady

[Verse 1]
Kids are ripping into sugar packets
Townies taking off their tavern jackets
I'm in the pews sticking bills in the basket
Praying that they're cool when I come pick up the package
Tonight we're gonna have a really good time
But I want to go to heaven on the day I die
Going to make like a preemptive strike
Hit the five thirty mass early Saturday night

[Chorus]
Ring ring ring goes the telephone
Tell my little lambs that I'm on my way home
Stop by the shop and get a bottle to go
Maybe something stronger if the right guy's on the corner
Bang bang bang goes the quarter notes
Saint Theresa told me you should rattle our bones
Now you're going off to the dial tone
Some kid started blowing on the saxophone

[Verse 2]
Cheerleaders dream of quarterbacks
Jock jills go for jumping jacks
Goth girls love the vampire bats
They wanna draw a little blood for their bath
Well, I don't go much for that spooky stuff
I like the lights and the up tempo tracks
You're damn right I believe in love
Because I've been in love and I've loved right back