Lyrics
This is Big Machine Radio And we are going through all the songs on Thomas Rhett's new album, Life Changes
And track 12 on here is called Renegades and to me This is just kinda the quintessential, good girl falls for the bad boys, song (totally, yeah)
Uh, so tell me about the inspiration I-I don't know that it's necessarily your story (mm-hm) so where did this come from?
This is uh, one of the few songs that I wrote out in Malibu with a bunch of L.A. writers Who, when you get into a room like that You never know if you're going to write something for Wiz Khalifa Or you're gonna write a traditional country song You just never know what you're gonna write (right)
And we were in there and my buddy John Ryan Uh, who's a fantastic songwriter was just playing these, like, big loud power chord Like, Tom Petty chords, if you will And we just started, like, you know Singing that like super singalong choruses in the song and The line that I love the most is uhm, "Small town cliche bit like you and me"
And so like you're telling the story of these two young lovers who The dad hates the guy; cliche story, but really you're talking about yourselves Uh, you're older now, but you get to look at your kids and be like "I really don't want you to go, but you should go" uh, kinda thing (yeah)
In an age of love that just like kinda renegade, reckless, wild being young love story Uh. that-that, just feels like a stadium rock song if you will