You Gave Me A Reason

A storm blew through and I thought of you

And how we never got it right

All the long hot days that I gave away

After stayin' out all night

Outside of main street bars I hit it hard

Smoking on sidewalks, leaning on cars

Take the long way home, for half an hour alone

I need a cigarette now just thinking about

How easy it was to let you down

Took poison for pain

Hoping after the rain

There'd be a brighter season

Well I needed to run, you gave me a reason

That whole summer seemed like a hundred bad dreams

That wouldn't let go of me

I left a piece of my heart there in Fairmount park

And my innocence six feet deep

Later that night I burned a light

A friend of mine said, "Man, I think it's time"

And went inside and I called, was sorry and that's all

I need a cigarette now just thinking about

How easy it was to let you down

Took poison for pain

Hoping after the rain

There'd be a brighter season

But I needed to run, you gave me a reason

There's a real fine line

Between running away and I'm not okay

What I left behind

Was just getting worse, that kind of love shouldn't hurt

So I don't know why

After all this time

A storm blew through and I thought of you

And how it all got out of hand

I tell all my friends to be careful when

Letting lovers join the band