Dropped that cooler into the summer sand,
Settled in like we own this song.
First one cracked with a quiet kind of plan —
That we weren't gonna stay too long.
But somebody laughed and said "what if…"
And that's where it all went wrong.
Now we're standin' knee-deep in the moment
We were tryin' to avoid all along.
There's a cooler full of bad ideas
Sittin' right here in the shade,
Every one sounds better
Than the last one that we made.
We said we'd take it easy —
Just a couple, then we'd go…
But there's a cooler full of bad ideas,
And we ain't sayin' no.
Someone's talkin' 'bout a midnight swim,
Someone else found a rope and a tree.
There's a line where good sense used to live —
We stepped right past it easily.
Sun's still hangin' but we lost track of time,
Like we always somehow do.
Every bad idea starts soundin' fine
When the next one comes into view.
There's a cooler full of bad ideas
Sittin' right here in the shade,
Every one sounds better
Than the last one that we made.
We said we'd take it easy —
Just a couple, then we'd go…
But there's a cooler full of bad ideas,
And we ain't sayin' no.
It ain't about the drink in your hand,
It's the ones you didn't plan
That leave a saltwater stain,
And wash away the might-have-been.
There's a cooler full of bad ideas
Sittin' right here in the shade,
Every one sounds better
Than the last one that we made.
We said we'd take it easy —
Just a couple, then we'd go…
But there's a cooler full of bad ideas,
And we ain't sayin' no.
Yeah, just one more…
Washin' away the might-have-beens.
Cooler full of bad ideas…
Guess we should've known.
Yeah, we definitely should've known.
Just leave the lid open…
Saltwater stains…