Spent three days alone in my apartment when I lived uptown

Wine bottle turned to vinegar on my counter as I blacked out

Drove nine hours north to Tenessee

cll i had were these memories

Listening to the same three bands back from when I was your man

Now i'm something else entirely

Just a lover from your past-tense diary

Looking back at the same two kids

I dont think that they would have missed



Everyone looked so beautiful

Their names sounded just like songs



Spent a week alone in custin, Texas when I moved out

Marlboro's lined the ashtray by my window, they clean my mouth

I rode a bike around the busy streets begging my mind just to think clearly

You made me listen to this cool new band

The singer used to be your man

Now i'm crying out quietly

Throwing away all these makeshift rivalries

Looking back at the same two kids

We should have known that we could have lived



Everyone looked so beautiful

Their names sounded just like songs



I've been hardened by the world

I've been softened by her touch

But it won't last long now



Everyone looked so beautiful

Their names sounded just like songs