He said grandmas they’re like dogs
You love them and you need them then they’re gone
And these feelings they ain’t your friends
Because you don’t get to decide whether, or not you feel them
But I choose love, unabashedly and desperately choose love
And when all is said and done, I’ll leave this world with everything I need
Chorus
He said
I wanna live like a peasant, be adored just like a King
Then go to bed believing they’re the same damn thing
I’ll know just where I’m going when I get there, I suppose
I’d trade all of my victories just to have a few less foes
He said lovers, they come and go. And they write their names in blood across your soul
And they’ll take you for a ride. And you’ll know the ride is through when they rip out your insides
But I choose love, unabashedly and desperately choose love
And when all is said and done, I’ll leave this world with everything I need
Chorus
I never saw him again
But my future began to hang on every word that he said
His voice stumbled around in the hallways of my head when he said
“boy if you ain’t alive, you’re dead!” You’re dead!
Chorus
Well, I was young, dumb, and full of coconut rum
Breath smelling like suntan oil in the red, hot sun
Mistakes were coming faster than I could regret ‘em
So I just let ‘em come
If I didn’t know better I’d say hindsight’s crystal clear
If I didn’t know better I might rather be there than here
If I didn’t know better I’d say those skies were all permanent blue
If I didn’t know better, but I do
They say that youth is wasted on the young
I wasted my time looking for lovers instead of love
And the girls were leaving me faster than I could regret ‘em
So I just let ‘em go
If I didn’t know better I’d just live on these memories
If I didn’t know better they would be enough for me
If I didn’t know better lies we tell ourselves would be true
If I didn’t know better but I do
I do accept the fate that I’ve been handed, and I do appreciate the wisdom I’ve gained
And I do believe the life we lead is a product of the past we leave behind us
If I didn’t know better I’d say we got plenty of time
If I didn’t know better we’d turn that hourglass on its side
If I didn’t know better this would be easy to do
If I didn’t know better but see, I do
You say “liquor on your breath” like it’s a bad thing.
And you say “out all night” like it’s wrong.
Now it’s too late for regrettin’
You should have known what you were gettin’
When you found me used and bought me for a song.
Chorus
You can’t say I didn’t warn you. You can’t tell me there were no red flags.
You can’t say that you never saw yourself saying’ “baby pack your bags!”
There’s no way you could have not known I would tear your little world apart
You can’t say that you never saw this all ending in a broken heart.
You say that everyone in town’s is talking.
You say that my little secret’s out.
Well, it’s too late for regretting’
You should have known what you were gettin’
Back when she didn’t know you and I were running ‘round
Chorus
You’d say “liquor on your breath” like it’s a bad thing
And you’d say “out all night” like it’s wrong!
I can’t say you didn’t warn me. I can’t tell you there were no red flags.
I can’t say that I never saw you saying’ “baby, pack your bags!”
There’s no way I could have not known you would tear my little world apart
We can’t say that we never saw this all ending in a broken heart.
A broken heart
It’s all over again, it’s all over again, every time I turn around, it’s all over again.
Déjà vu. Guess it happens more to me than it happens to you. Déjà vu.
Days gone by. Yeah, they go by just like minutes
You don’t realize while you’re in it
That you wasted most of a year. Days gone by.
We were all alone couldn’t change the record we could only pass the time.
On our way back home running with the Devil to the Cattaragus line.
Broke down shit
Now the boys are laughing about the guy that told us to pay the ship
Broke down shit
Sell my soul for an outside chance that maybe
The whole world or my ex old lady
Might stream that soul for free. Sell my soul.
We were all alone couldn’t change the record we could only sing along
On our way back home when you’re running with these devils you’ll never run alone.
All over again, all over again, every time I turn around it’s all over again.
I got the best old lady she’s a hell of a lot better than yours
She puts up with all of my crazy without showing me the door
I come home drunk, she makes me a bed with the dog on the mudroom floor
I got the best old lady she’s a hell of a lot better than yours
She lets me fish all night down under the bridge
She lets me keep my nightcrawlers in the fridge
I guess this is just about as good as it gets
I know she loves me cause she ain’t left me yet
I got the best old lady she’s a hell of a lot better than yours
She don’t take kind to you ladies comin’ knockin’ on my back door
There ain’t no doubt, when she finds out you’ll be scraping yourself off the floor
I got the best old lady she’s a hell of a lot better than yours
Well, she’s sometimes there for me when I need help
Yeah, she’s probably not sleeping with someone else
She lets me watch the kids while she goes out
I know she loves me ‘cause I still own my house
I got the best old lady she’s a hell of a lot better than yours
She says it’s me that’s crazy and I don’t argue with her anymore
She nags at me so graciously I almost can’t take it no more
I got the best old lady she’s a hell of a lot better than yours
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