I'm so glad you made time to see meHow's life?Tell me, how's your family?I haven't seen them in a whileYou've been good, busier than everSmall talk, work on the weatherYour guard is up, and I know whyBecause the last time you saw meYou still burned in the back of your mindYou gave me rosettes, and I left them there to dieSo this is me swallowing my prideStanding here in front of you sayingI'm sorry for thatNow I go back to December all the timeIt turns out freedom ain't nothing but missing youWishing I'd realized what I had when you were mineI go back to December, turn around and make it all rightI go back to December all the timeThese days I haven't been sleepingStaying up playing back of myself and leavingWhen your birthday passed and I didn't callThen I think about summer, all the beautiful timesI watch you laughing from the passenger sideRealize I loved you in the fallAnd then the cold came, the dark daysWhen fear crept into my mindYou gave me all your loveAnd all I gave you was goodbyeSo this is me swallowing my prideStanding here in front of you sayingI'm sorry for thatNow I go back to December all the timeIt turns out freedom ain't nothing but missing youWishing I'd realized what I had when you were mineI go back to December, turn around and change my own mindI go back to December all the timeI miss your tan skin, your sweet smileSo good to me, so rightAnd how you held me in your arms that September nightThe first time you ever saw me cryMaybe this is wishful thinkingProbably mindless dreamingBut if we loved again, I swear I'd love you rightI'd go back in time and change it, but I can'tSo if the chain is on your door, I understandBut this is me swallowing my prideStanding in front of you sayingI'm sorry for thatNow I go back to DecemberIt turns out freedom ain't nothing but missing youWishing I'd realized what I had when you were mineI go back to December, turn around and make it all rightI go back to December, turn around and change my own mindI go back to December all the timeBack to December