BOY, YOU GOTTA FACE YOUR REPUTATION, SOMEBODY SAID YOU ARE ARROGANT YET CHARMING AND KIND

BOY, ALL YOUR TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS, I SINCERELY HOPE THAT YOU GET OUT OF THIS TOWN ALIVE

I USED TO LOOK FOR PRETTY GIRLS IN LONG BLACK DRESSES ON DANCEFLOORS, IN SCHOOLYARDS, SOMEONE WILLING FOR A TRUCE

AND THEN I MET YOU

BACK WHEN THE LOCAL BAR AND YOU WERE THE PLACES I CALLED HOME THERE USED TO BE THIS KINDNESS IN MY SOUL

BOY, YOU GOTTA FACE YOUR REPUTATION, SOMEBODY SAID YOU ARE ARROGANT YET INSECURE BUT KIND

BOY, ALL YOUR TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS, I SINCERELY HOPE THAT YOU ALWAYS CONTINUE TO SPEAK YOUR MIND

 

AND THEN I MET YOU, I THOUGHT IT ALL THROUGH

BUT IT NEVER CAME TO HAPPEN LIKE I WANTED IT TO

BACK WHEN THE LOCAL BAR AND YOU WERE THE PLACES I CALLED HOME THERE USED TO BE THIS KINDNESS IN MY SOUL

OH MY JUST HOW THE YEARS HAVE PASSED

AND HOW I AM STILL OBSESSED

WITH THE WAY THIS USED TO SHAKE ME DOWN

ALL THE KISSES AND THE BLISTERS

MY HOMETOWN’S SHOCKWAVE WHISPERS

THE SONGS I SANG TO YOU AT SUNDOWN

AND STILL IF THIS LOVE WAS BLINDNESS

I NEVER KNEW WHY IT DIDN’T WORK

BACK WHEN THE LOCAL BAR AND YOU WERE THE PLACES I CALLED HOME THERE USED TO BE THIS KINDNESS IN MY SOUL