Don't Date the Teenager

I saw your photo on my phone when I was 18

Fresh out the shower and fresh onto the music scene

Smart and successful, highly impressionable was I then

And I was fine then

You seemed so gentlemanly, tender, sensitive, romantic

Your fast infatuation with me made my parents panic

Caught up in your head 'til I lay in your bed

A daydream

Is when I'm taking my first shot with you, in a dim lit room

We were on route to your friends' thirtieth birthday

"I love you"s whispered far too soon

How I look at you is the best thing in the worst way

But now I'm 20, and I'm not as fun

Hold it against me when I have opinions

If you're needing saving, then this won't get far

Don't date the teenager na, na, na, na, na

You won't go out with my young friends to clubs

We go to weddings, everyone is on drugs

If you need a baby who can drive your car

Don't date the teenager, na, na, na, na

We go to dinner to discuss your quarter-life crisis

Somehow I end up in tears, boy, you're full of surprises

You pay the check and then the two of us head home in silence

Now I feel bad for crying

But this isn't my first fight with you, in a dim lit room

We were on route to three kids and a divorce, right?

"I love you"s whispered far too soon

How I look at you these days is in a new light

'Cause now I'm 20, and you're not as fun

Hold it against me when I have opinions

If you're needing saving, then this won't get far

Don't date the teenager, na, na, na, na, na

You won't go out with my young friends to clubs

We go to weddings, everyone is on drugs

If you need a baby who can drive your car

Don't date the teenager, na, na, na, na

Don't date the teenager, na, na, na, na

Don't date the teenager, na, na, na, na, na

Don't date the teenager, na, na, na, na, na

I try recreating the earlier days

When singing your praises felt like telling the truth

Now I'm just ashamed, friends only drop your name when

So casually saying, "What the fuck are you gonna do?"

'Cause now I'm 20 and this isn't fun

Hold it against me when I have opinions

If you're needing saving, then this won't get far

Don't date the teenager, na, na, na, na, na

Don't date the teenager, na, na, na, na

Don't date the teenager, na, na, na, na, na

If you need a baby who can drive your car

Don't date the teenager, na, na, na, na