Drawing a tattoo,
hands like a bird
Came back to mind like you promised you would
Crawled through the window,
dirt in your teeth
You're lying down with me
I
started talking,
then I found your keys And we spent the day in my childhood sheets
Said nobody out there would listen to me Till I started listening
You'll get taller and smarter and grow up without me
And I like to think that we're at the same speed
But there's a person who stays and a person who leaves
You said I gotta keep moving
Mom got a second job and Dad's still dead
I'm doing better but I'm losing my hometown friends
You forgot everything that she said but I didn't
And I kinda laughed cause I knew that it happened
But I can't help but wish that you didn't
Then you caught me talking like I'm so much bigger
You said I'm in the shoes that I left you in
The night before college, your dad's out of town
You fit a lightbulb inside of your mouth
You were talking so big and you were mumbling
so proud
With the jokes that you can't get it out
White room, blue curtains, and two plastic bags
You're the hardest that I've ever
laughed I think we found it for anyone,
did
Back when it was safe to be stupid
You called me to tell me you
got a girl pregnant
You're keeping the baby,
you're leaving Connecticut
You started giggling, you cried on the phone
Said you felt like a fool
So you learned to like
the sound of a girl falling asleep
And you sign up for things that you swore you'd never need
There's a person who stays and a person who leaves