Massachusetts

When someone tells me they're from Massachusetts, now I always ask, "What part?"

I wonder if you kept the pilgrim ashtray, if it's still propped up on your bar cart

Could make a grand off of the chain you bought me, but goddamn, it's not for sale

When someone asks me who's my favorite Batman, I'll think of you and say, "Christian Bale"

As long as I live, I'll remember the names

Of your favorite beers and your video games

The look on your face when you turned twenty-six

And your dad got too stoned, yeah, that one's gonna stick

You broke me to pieces, but I root for you even though everything went up in flames

I'll never forget how I bloomed for your gaze or your wall of guitars or your video games

Or your video games

Or your video games

Pick up your phrases, now I say, "It's aces," but it always sounds so fake

I wonder if your tongue is turning over anything I used to say

Your sister's trying for a baby lately, and your parents got new jobs

It's getting darker, so I turn you down, but I can't turn you off, oh, oh

As long as I live, I'll remember the names

Of your favorite beers and your video games

The look on your face when you turned twenty-six

And your dad got too stoned, yeah, that one's gonna stick

You broke me to pieces, but I root for you even though everything went up in flames

I'll never forget how I bloomed for your gaze or your wall of guitars or your video games

Or your video games

Or your video games

At least I'm treading water and not about to drown

I'm not trying to find you, babe, you're just around

Everything reminds me of you, even now

Even now, even now

As long as I live, I'll remember the names

Of your favorite beers and your video games

The fire in my gut that I've chased ever since

You set the bar, you're gonna stick