Downtown Heart Attack

Lyrics

Verse 1
(M) Neon-open signs and a Friday crowd
You laughed so loud
It cut through the noise
(F) Leather jacket
Crooked little smile
You looked my way like you had no choice

(M) You stole my fries at the corner stand
(F) You stole my plan to just pass on through
(Both) One bad joke and a borrowed pen
My whole world rerouted into you

Pre-Chorus
(F) I said
"Slow down
I just met you"
(M) You said
"Too late
I already fell"
(Both) Crosswalk counting down in red
Every second rang like a bell

Chorus
(Both) Downtown heart attack
Right there on the cracked concrete
Two wild hearts colliding
In the middle of the late-night heat
(F) I was walking home
(M) I was killing time off-beat
(Both) Then boom—love hit me like that
Downtown heart attack on a crowded street (whoa)

Verse 2
(F) Street band playing something out of tune
(M) We danced anyway
Boots on the line
(F) You spin me round by the parking sign
(M) I nearly lost you to the closing time

(F) Coffee breath and your cherry gloss
(M) You traced my scars like a treasure map
(Both) Talked all night on a busted bench
Till the moon clock started to nap

Pre-Chorus
(M) I said
"This feels kind of crazy"
(F) You said
"Crazy’s where I want to be"
(Both) Taxi lights tried to pull us apart
But your hand stayed locked on me

Chorus
(Both) Downtown heart attack
Right there on the cracked concrete
Two wild hearts colliding
In the middle of the late-night heat
(F) I was walking home
(M) I was killing time off-beat
(Both) Then boom—love hit me like that
Downtown heart attack on a crowded street (yeah)

Bridge
[Half-time
Huge drums
Twin-guitar lead]
(F) Years from now when the colors fade
(M) We’ll still talk about that night
(F) Cheap perfume and a paper cup
(M) How a broken curb changed our lives

(Both) If I’d crossed when the light said go
We would never have crashed like this
Right place
Wrong time
Wrong way
Right you
All starting from one reckless kiss (hey!)

Chorus
(Both) Downtown heart attack
Right there on the cracked concrete
Two wild hearts colliding
In the middle of the late-night heat
(F) I was walking home
(M) I was killing time off-beat
(Both) Then boom—love hit me like that
Downtown heart attack on a crowded street

Chorus
[Key change
Gang vocals]
(Both) Downtown heart attack
Every time our eyes now meet
Still that same explosion
Like the first night out on that street
(F) Started as a walk
(M) Turned into our destiny
(Both) Yeah
Boom—love hit me like that
Downtown heart attack
You and me (whoa yeah)