Only Child

I’d never even seen that side of town

Driving with the windows down

That’s when daddy moved out

And we’d go over to the west side

Taking the highway

Sleeping in the back seat

Listening to mix tapes high

And he said I’m not coming back this time

And I learned oh I learned

That it’s hard to cry with the sunlight in your eyes, girl

You’re gonna be a lonely, only

Lonely, only child

You’re gonna be a lonely, only

Lonely, only child

And I started year seven, felt like seventeen

Every second weekend you’d come and pick me up

And we’d go over to the east side

Back on the highway

All right now listen, give me a kiss goodbye

And I said I’m not coming back this time

And I learned, oh I learned

That it’s hard to cry with the sunlight in your eyes, girl

You’re gonna be a lonely, only

Lonely, only child

You’re gonna be a lonely, only

Lonely, only child

No I’m never going back again

Whole house sitting there empty

Two faces in that glass

Never would’ve treated you like that

What’s there down below

When there’s always more than you know

Same street same mean children

Before it’s done

You’re gonna be a lonely, only

Lonely, only child

You’re gonna be a lonely, only

Lonely, only child