Younger Tonight

Fast picked acoustic guitar with light mandolin texture. Simple, memorable melody. Warm piano joins underneath. This exact melody returns later as the electronic lead.

We were eighteen with a tank half full

Cheap sunglasses and a head full of trouble

Friday night in a nowhere town

Windows open, radio loud

Said we'd leave when the summer came

Find somewhere nobody knew our names

Back when forever was easy to find

And tomorrow could wait till tomorrow night

Add piano chords, stomps, claps, warm bass and rising percussion. Keep acoustic picking moving.

Now the years move faster than we do

But I still feel eighteen with you

If that clock ain't slowing down

Then why the hell should we right now?

Full drums, strummed acoustic guitar, bright piano, bass and wide backing vocals.

We ain't getting any younger

We ain't getting old tonight

Turn it up a little louder

Let the whole damn world go by

One more drink, one more song

One more wrong that feels so right

We ain't getting any younger

We ain't getting old tonight

Four-on-the-floor kick. Intro guitar melody transforms into a bright, emotional synth lead. Piano chords, acoustic strumming and warm bass remain underneath. Euphoric, melodic, not aggressive.

Oh-oh, oh-oh

We ain't getting old tonight

Oh-oh, oh-oh

Not tonight, not tonight

Some got married, some moved on

Some still call when the night's too long

Some found money, some found God

Some found out what growing up costs

I got lines that weren't there then

But I'd do every damn mile again

So fill that glass, let the headlights run

We got plenty of getting old when we're done

Yeah, the years move faster than we do

But I still feel eighteen with you

If that clock ain't slowing down

Then why the hell should we right now?

We ain't getting any younger

We ain't getting old tonight

Turn it up a little louder

Let the whole damn world go by

One more drink, one more song

One more wrong that feels so right

We ain't getting any younger

We ain't getting old tonight

Same guitar-derived synth melody. Bigger piano, layered folk instruments, driving kick and extra harmony.

Oh-oh, oh-oh

We ain't getting old tonight

Oh-oh, oh-oh

Not tonight, not tonight

Acoustic guitar and exposed vocal, then soft piano.

Someday we'll talk about these nights

Like they disappeared before our eyes

Someday ain't here, we're still alive

So pour another, we've still got time

We ain't getting any younger

WE AIN'T GETTING OLD TONIGHT

Turn it up until the morning

'Til the dark turns into light

One more drink, one more song

One more memory for the ride

We ain't getting any younger

We ain't getting old tonight

Huge four-on-floor