I knew a boy that liked to talk till dawn
Sometimes he needed help remembering what he's on
He'd read me poems and then he'd get real mad
If he thought I wasn't listening he'd put me down bad
I once knew a boy like that
I don't want to admit sometimes I want him back
A boy like that don't say a word
His eyes do all the talking and he's always heard
Broken down cars and Charlie Musselwhite
He'd have more than a few and drive me round at night
Wanted to get married in some nowhere town
He didn't even want our closest friends around
I once knew a boy like that
I don't want to admit sometimes I want him back
A boy like that's a losing game
Try to raise the dead, they don't come back the same
Never felt safe but I felt alive
We were cool we didn't have to try
Sometimes it's unclear what a good things is
He aint got much, told me I was his
He had a foul mouth, could have used a little filter
Promised me over he'd quit drinking brown liquor
Tried some with my parents, didn't like my friends
Made us our own world I didn't think would end
I once knew a boy like that
I don't want to admit sometimes I want him back
A boy like that don't get much hotter
Sit on the front porch and drink him down like water
I once knew a boy like that