The time is gonna come When you're so mad you could cry But I'll hold you through the night Until you smile

And did the twin flame bruise paint you blue? Just between us Did the love affair maim you, too? 'Cause in this city's barren cold I still remember the first fall of snow And how it glistened as it fell I remember it all too well

I have been afflicted by a terminal uniqueness I've been dying just from trying to seem cool

Our song is the way you laugh The first date: 'Man, I didn't kiss her, and I should have.' And when I got home ... 'Fore I said, 'Amen' Asking God if he could play it again

Make sure nobody sees you leave Hood over your head Keep your eyes down Tell your friends you're out for a run You'll be flushed when you return

Whoa, oh, I need you baby Don't be afraid, please Jump then fall Jump then fall into me

And I snuck in through the garden gate Every night that summer just to seal my fate (Oh) And I scream, 'For whatever it's worth I love you, ain't that the worst thing you ever heard?' He looks up, grinning like a devil

You said, 'I remember how we felt sitting by the water And every time I look at you It's like the first time I fell in love with a careless man's careful daughter She is the best thing that's ever been mine'

So it's gonna be forever Or it's gonna go down in flames You can tell me when it's over If the high was worth the pain Got a long list of ex-lovers They'll tell you I'm insane 'Cause you know I love the players And you love the game

Ask me what I learned from all those years Ask me what I earned from all those tears Ask me why so many fade, but I'm still here (I'm still here, I'm still here)

Hadn't thought of you in a long time But you keep sending me funny valentines And I know you think it comes off vicious But it's precious, adorable

My town was a wasteland Full of cages, full of fences Pageant queens and big pretenders But for some it was paradise My boy was a montage A slow motion, love potion Jumping off things in the ocean I broke his heart 'cause he was nice

So you see You could've helped if you had wanted to But no one notices until it's too late to do anything

'Cause there we are again When I loved you so Back before you lost The one real thing you've ever known It was rare, I was there I remember it all too well

I love my hometown as much as Motown I love SoCal And you know I love Springsteen Faded blue jeans, Tennessee whiskey

And it's taken me this long Baby but I've figured you out And you're thinking we'll be fine again But not this time around

And we're dancing all night And you can try to change my mind But you might have to wait in line What's a girl gonna do? A diamond's gotta shine

Fighting with him was like trying to solve a crossword And realizing there's no right answer Regretting him was like wishing you never found out That love could be that strong

'I'm not trying to exaggerate But I think I might die if it happened Die if it happened to me No one in my small town Thought I'd see the lights of Manhattan'

Betty, I won't make assumptions About why you switched your homeroom But I think it's 'cause of me Betty, one time I was riding on my skateboard When I passed your house It's like I couldn't breathe

But there's robbers to the east Clowns to the West I'd give you my sunshine Give you my best But the rain is always gonna come If you're standing with me

Then one magical night I forgot that you Sent me a clear message Taught me some hard lessons I just forget what they were It's all just a blur

The world moves on Another day, another drama, drama But not for me, not for me All I think about is karma And then the world moves on But one thing's for sure Maybe I got mine, but you'll all get yours

But darling, we found wonderland You and I got lost in it And we pretended it could last forever Eh We found wonderland You and I got lost in it And life was never worse but never better Eh eh

Yeah, all you did was smile 'Cause I'm a mastermind

She says I think he did it but I just can't prove it I think he did it but I just can't prove it I think he did it but I just can't prove it No, no body, no crime But I ain't letting up until the day I die

But I felt it when I passed you There's an ache in you Put there by the ache in me But if it's all the same to you It's the same to me

It feels like one of those nights We ditch the whole scene It feels like one of those nights We won't be sleeping It feels like one of those nights You look like bad news I gotta have you I gotta have you!

If you never touched me I would've Gone along with the righteous If I never blushed then they could've Never whispered about this

New York... be here But you're in London and I break down 'Cause it's not fair that you're not around

My winter nights are taken up by static Stress, and holiday shopping traffic 🎅🎄☃️

My boy only breaks his favorite toys, toys, oh I'm queen of sand castles he destroys, oh, oh 'Cause it fit too right Puzzle pieces in the dead of night I should've known it was a matter of time Oh, oh, my boy only breaks his favorite toys

Once upon a time I believe it was a Tuesday when I caught your eye We caught onto something I hold onto the night You looked me in the eye And told me you loved me Were you just kidding?

No one sees when you lose When you're playing solitaire

Green was the color of the grass Where I used to read at Centennial Park I used to think I would meet somebody there Teal was the color of your shirt When you were 16 at the yogurt shop You used to work at to make a little money

I thought my house was haunted I used to live with ghosts And all the perfect couples Said, 'When you know you know And when you don't you don't'

Ooh, you called me up again tonight But ooh, this time I'm telling you, I'm telling you

This is falling in love in the cruelest way This is falling for you When you are worlds away

I know delusion when I see it in the mirror You like the nicer nurses You make the best of a bad deal I just pretend it isn't real

And you throw your head back laughing like a little kid I think it's strange that you think I'm funny 'Cause he never did

I was supposed to be sent away But they forgot to come and get me I was a functioning alcoholic Till nobody noticed my new aesthetic

I hit you like bang We tried to forget it, but we just couldn't And I bury hatchets But I keep maps of where I put 'em Reputation precedes me, They told you I'm crazy I swear I don't love the drama, it loves me

I read about it in a book When I was a precocious child No mid-sized city hopes and small-town fears I'm there most of the year 'Cause I hate it here I hate it here

No one teaches you what to do When a good man hurts you And you know you hurt him, too

When the silence came We were shaking blind and hazy How the hell did we lose sight of us again? Sobbing with your head in your hands Ain't that the way shit always ends

Whoa, oh, I need you baby Don't be afraid, please Jump then fall Jump then fall into me

But he leaves you out like a penny in the rain Oh, 'cause it's not his price to pay It's not his price to pay

'Cause we were both young when I first saw you

And you've got a smile That could light up this whole town I haven't seen it in a while Since she brought you down You say you're fine I know you better than that Hey, what you doing with a girl like that?

Fifty years is a long time Holiday House sat quietly on that beach Free of women with madness Their men and bad habits And then it was bought by me