Chorus:
She always kept the radio on
Because my love and my favorite song
Are all that make me feel alright
I loved her like a raging bonfire
She burned me to a crisp in the end
My heart’s a diner that’s been open all night long
And its only customer is gone
I’ll always keep the radio on ’Cause it’s become my only friend
V1:
When I first saw Bullitt
I was only seventeen
I dreamed of so much back then
I wanted to drive every classic car
And appear on the silver screen
Honestly, I just really hated being me
Maybe I’d somehow be cooler
If I grew up to be like Steve McQueen
That was when I fell in love with the radio
It took all of my troubles away
The first time I listened to Springsteen
He told me I was born to run
So I’ve been running my whole life
Away from the dark clouds over my head
That chase me every single day
Because rain is always sure to follow
Every love I had first started out seeing the sun
But turned into a thunderstorm
Just once I’d like some peaceful weather instead
[Chorus]
V2:
I was 24 when I met Mary­Ann
That woman was an absolute dream
Her smile could light up a whole city block
Her legs were longer than the Mississippi
You’d swear she stepped out of the silver screen
And she was everything I could ever need
I’d never been in love before
I sure as hell had never struck gold
So I won’t forget the moment
She broke my heart right in two
I screamed into the phone
“I thought we were gonna grow old
But I guess you don’t love me anymore”
“It was never love,” she said
“Because I never loved you.”
She said sorry and she had to go
She had another man waiting outside So I left her alone
Bridge:
Got my records spinning on the stereo
I don’t know what else to do
I’ll never turn down the radio
I loved her like she was made of fire
Now I spend every night
Looking at our pictures
And asking myself with conviction
“How can I burn the memory of you?”
You made me feel alive
Now I’ve never felt more alone
In the aftermath of this heartbreak
And at the end of each and every day
All I have are my favorite records
And the comfort of my FM radio To bring a crooked smile to my lonesome face
Outro:
She always kept the radio on
I always played her my favorite songs
The ones that make me feel alright I thought she loved me like fire
But her love burned out in the dark
Before I saw a glimpse of the sunlight
My heart’s a diner that’s been open all night long
And its only customer is gone from here
I’ll never turn my radio off
Because it’s become the only thing
That I hold even the slightest bit dear