[Verse 1]
I used to drive to Montreal
Look up at the departure wall
And buy me a ticket to anywhere I never been
I'd look at my planet from above
Meet the pilot, maybe make love
Touch down and let that city sweep me off my feet
[Pre-Chorus]
Take me back to the good times
When I drank up life like I drink my wine
Why's there always gotta be a window in between me
And everything and everyone I wanna see?
[Chorus]
'Cause we can't go out but we still wanna dance
We can't go out but we still want a chance for love
Oh-oh-oh-oh
No, we can't go out but I still wanna sing
Can't go out but I still wanna bring back love
Oh-oh-oh-oh
There's got to be a way that we can turn this ship around, ah
'Cause you can't keep a good time down
[Post-Chorus]
Can't keep
Can't keep a good time
Can't keep
Can't keep a good time
Can't keep
Can't keep a good time down
[Verse 2]
I know what living's all about
I breast-fed a stranger once at an In & Out
I stripped down to my skivvies and danced across the boulevard, yeah
[Pre-Chorus]
Take me back to the good times
When I drank up life like I drink my wine
Why's there gotta be a window in between me
And everything and everyone I wanna see?
[Chorus]
No, we can't go out but I still wanna dance
I can't go out but I still want a chance for love
Oh-oh-oh-oh, yeah
No, we can't go out but I still wanna sing
I can't go out but I still wanna bring back love
Oh-oh-oh-oh, love
There's got to be a way that we can turn this ship around
'Cause you can't keep a good time down
[Post-Chorus]
Can't keep
Can't keep a good time
Can't keep
Can't keep a good time
Can't keep
Can't keep a good time down
Can't keep
Can't keep a good time
Can't keep
Can't keep a good time
Can't keep
Can't keep a good time down
[Bridge]
In my dance-hall dreams
I'm a benevolent queen
Riding on a white horse across a dance floor
I've got flowers in my hair
And there's sugar in the air
I wanna live my whole life like it's the last night at Studio54, oh-oh-oh
[Pre-Chorus]
Baby, take me back to the good times
When I drank up life like I drink my wine
Why's there gotta be a window in between me
And everything and everyone I wanna see?
[Chorus]
'Cause we can't go out but I still wanna dance
Can't go out but I still need a chance for love
Oh-oh-oh-oh
No, we can't go out but I still wanna sing
I can't go out but I still wanna bring back love
Oh-oh-oh-oh
There's got to be a way that we can turn this ship around, come on
'Cause you can't keep, you can't keep
Can't keep, can't keep
Can't keep a good, good
You can't keep a good time down
[Post-Chorus]
Can't keep
Can't keep a good time
Can't keep
Can't keep a good time
Can't keep
Can't keep a good time down
You can try but you can't keep it down, no
You can try, but it's gonna come around, y'all
Can't keep
Can't keep a good time down
Can't keep
Can't keep a good time
Can't keep
Can't keep a good time
Can't keep
Can't keep a good time down
Can't keep
Can't keep a good time
Can't keep
Can't keep a good time (Ah, hey)
Can't keep (Man, there's cops outside)
Can't keep a good time down
Somebody get the door, shit
Can't keep
Way to ruin a party
[Outro]
Hello, uh, good evening ma'am
Sorry to disturb your party, but
We have a report of a missing child, likely a runaway in this vicinity
Have you seen this little girl?
Good Time was written by Grace Potter.
Good Time was produced by Eric Valentine.
Grace Potter released Good Time on Fri Jun 23 2023.
When I was writing ‘Good Time,’ I was thinking about all the times when there were no boundaries between me and the world at large. As you get older, there’s this expectation that you need to fall in line, that you can’t keep living a fantasy your whole life. But I don’t know about that – maybe we c...