Northsiders

I was new in town, kinda goth I met you in the science quad You asked if I had any pot We're going up to Mikey's spot Covering important ground I tried cocaine in my cousin's house Yeah, I'm probably addicted now The things that children lie about I didn't notice it was getting late You offered me a place to stay We live up in the palisades You tell your folks you ran away Besides, you're a Northsider now Nothing's going to change it, pal We were so pretentious then Didn't trust the government Said that we were communists And thought that we invented it Morrissey apologists Amateur psychologists Serial monogamists We went to different colleges But you said that we would always be Branches on the same old tree Reaching away from each other for eternity And you know I can't argue with that Nothing's going to change it now We could have had one last hurrah When I was working in the smoothie shop But I couldn't get the weekend off She told me I was getting soft I read an article about the accident Probably reaching for cigarettes And missed the brake lights up ahead I hope it was an instant death Sometimes I imagine us way down the line Getting fat somewhere in the countryside It's crazy how things shake out sometimes But maybe that's enough magic for me Nothing's going to change it now