Loving him is like driving a new Maserati down a dead end street
Faster than the wind passionate as sin, ended so suddenly
Loving him is like trying to change your mind
Once you’re already flying through the free fall
Like the colors in autumn so bright just before they lose it all
Chorus:
Losing him was blue like I’d never known
Missing him was dark grey all alone
Forgetting him was like trying to know somebody you've never met
But loving him was red!
Loving him was red!
Touching him is like realizing all you ever wanted was right there in front of you
Memorizing him was as easy as knowing all the words to your old favorite song
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 love could be that strong
Chorus:
Losing him was blue like I’d never known
Missing him was dark grey all alone
Forgetting him was like trying to know somebody you've never met
But loving him was red!
Oh, red burning red!
Remembering him comes in flashbacks and echoes
Tell myself it’s time now, gotta let go
But moving on from him is impossible
When I still see it all in my head
Burning red!
Darling it was red!
Chorus:
Oh, losing him was blue like I’d never known
Missing him was dark grey all alone
Forgetting him was like trying to know somebody you've never met
Cause loving him was red yeah yeah red!
We're burning red!
And that's why he's spinning round in my head
Comes back to me burning red
Yeah! Yeah!
Cause love was like driving a new Maserati down a dead end street
Flashback to that day when you held my hand
Told me to stop crying, you were always the stronger one
Led me away into the deep dark forest, said we'd be safe
I didn't know what to run from, but I ran all the same (yeah)
I lived in fear of the things they said were true
I thought they could win us over, me and you
But you wouldn't let go, fought everyone after me
I wouldn't be here now if it weren't for you, baby
Thank you for teaching me how to fend for myself
Thank you for getting rid of the monsters in my head
I know how to strike back at them with my biggest hit
I'm so out of the woods now, I know how to to this
Colors blur, swords clash
They're too eager, too rash
Don't know what going on
The battle keeps raging on
And I'm thinking
Thank you for teaching me how to hold my sword
Thank you for getting rid of the bad guys in the world
I know how to make them scream my name
I'm out of the woods, in the pouring rain
Fighting ceases, victors emerge
You can almost hear the tense whispers
The big question is who won
And guess what it's the two of us
Dazed and happy, I take my place
I'm out of the woods, and we're still safe
I was riding shotgun with my hair undone in the front seat of his car
He's got a one-hand feel on the steering wheel
The other on my heart
I look around, turn the radio down
He says baby is something wrong?
I say nothing I was just thinking how we don't have a song
And he says...
[Chorus:]
Our song is the slamming screen door,
Sneakin' out late, tapping on your window
When we're on the phone and you talk real slow
Cause it's late and your mama don't know
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 ... before I said amen
Asking God if he could play it again
I was walking up the front porch steps after everything that day
Had gone all wrong and been trampled on
And lost and thrown away
Got to the hallway, well on my way to my lovin' bed
I almost didn't notice all the roses
And the note that said...
[Repeat Chorus]
I've heard every album, listened to the radio
Waited for something to come along
That was as good as our song...
Cause our song is the slamming screen door
Sneaking out late, tapping on his window
When we're on the phone and he talks real slow
Cause it's late and his mama don't know
Our song is the way he laughs
The first date "man, I didn't kiss him, and I should have"
And when I got home, before I said amen
Asking God if he could play it again
I was riding shotgun with my hair undone
In the front seat of his car
I grabbed a pen and an old napkin
And I... wrote down
... Read more »
We're all bored, we're all so tired of everything
We wait for trains that just aren't coming
We show off our different scarlet letters
Trust me, mine is better
We're so young, we're on the road to ruin
We play dumb, but we know exactly what we're doing
We cry tears of mascara in the bathroom
Honey life is just a classroom
Cause baby I could build a castle
Out of all the bricks they threw at me
And every day is like a battle
But every night with us is like a dream
Baby, we're the new romantics
Come on, come along with me
Heartbreak is the national anthem
We sing it proudly
We are too busy dancing
To get knocked off our feet
Baby, we're the new romantics
The best people in life for free
We're all here, the lights and boys are blinding
We hang back, it's all in the timing
It's poker, you can't see it in my face
But I'm about to play my Ace
We need love, but all we want is danger
We team up and switch sides like a record changer
The rumors are terrible and cruel
But honey most of them are true
Cause baby I could build a castle
Out of all the bricks they threw at me
And every day is like a battle
But every night with us is like a dream
Baby, we're the new romantics
Come on, come along with me
Heartbreak is the national anthem
We sing it proudly
We are too busy dancing
To get knocked off our feet
Baby, we're the new romantics
The best people in life for free
So come on, come along with me
The best people in life for free
Please take my hand and
Please take me dancing and
Please leave me stranded, it's so romantic
Cause baby I could build a castle
Out of all the bricks they threw at me
And every day is like a battle ... Read more »
You were in college working part time waitin' tables
Left a small town, never looked back
I was a flight risk with a fear of fallin'
Wondering why we bother with love if it never lasts
I say "Can you believe it?"
As we're lying on the couch
The moment, I can see it.
Yes, yes, I can see it now
Do you remember, we were sitting there, by the water?
You put your arm around me for the first time
You made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter
You are the best thing that's ever been mine
Flash forward and we're taking on the world together
And there's a drawer of my things at your place
You learn my secrets and you figure out why I'm guarded
You say we'll never make my parents' mistakes
But we got bills to pay
We got nothing figured out
When it was hard to take
Yes, yes, I thought about
Do you remember, we were sitting there, by the water?
You put your arm around me for the first time
You made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter
You are the best thing that's ever been mine
Do you remember all the city lights on the water?
You saw me start to believe for the first time
You made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter
You are the best thing that's ever been mine
Oh, oh, oh
And I remember that fight
Two-thirty AM
Yes, everything was slipping right out of our hands
I ran out crying and you followed me out into the street
Braced myself for the goodbye
‘cause that's all I've ever known
And you took me by surprise
You said, "I'll never leave you alone"
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
... Read more »
You, with your words like knives
And swords and weapons that you use against me
You have knocked me off my feet again
Got me feeling like a nothing
You, with your voice like nails on a chalkboard
Calling me out when I'm wounded
You picking on the weaker man
Well you can take me down with just one single blow
But you don't know, what you don't know...
Someday I'll be living in a big ol' city
And all you're ever going to be is mean
Someday I'll be big enough
So you can't hit me
And all you're ever going to be is mean
Why you gotta be so mean?
You, with your switching sides
And your wildfire lies and your humiliation
You have pointed out my flaws again
As if I don't already see them
I walk with my head down
Trying to block you out
'cause I'll never impress you
I just wanna feel okay again
I bet you got pushed around
Somebody made you cold
But the cycle ends right now
Cause you can't lead me down that road
And you don't know, what you don't know...
Someday I'll be living in a big ol' city
And all you're ever going to be is mean
Someday I'll be big enough
So you can't hit me
And all you're ever going to be is mean
Why you gotta be so mean?
And I can see you years from now in a bar
Talking over a football game
With that same big loud opinion
But nobody's listening
Washed up and ranting about the same old bitter things
Drunk and grumbling on about how I can't sing
But all you are is mean
We were both young, when I first saw you.
I close my eyes and the flashback starts
I'm standing there, on a balcony in summer air.
I see the lights; see the party, the ball gowns.
I see you make your way through the crowd
And say hello, little did I know...
That you were Romeo, you were throwing pebbles
And my daddy said "stay away from Juliet"
And I was crying on the staircase
Begging you, "Please don't go..."
And I said...
Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone.
I'll be waiting; all there's left to do is run.
You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess,
It's a love story, baby, just say yes.
So I sneak out to the garden to see you.
We keep quiet, cause we're dead if they knew
So close your eyes... escape this town for a little while.
Oh, oh.
Cause you were Romeo, I was a scarlet letter,
And my daddy said "stay away from Juliet"
But you were everything to me
I was begging you, "Please don't go"
And I said...
Romeo take me somewhere, we can be alone.
I'll be waiting; all there's left to do is run.
You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess.
It's a love story, baby, just say yes
Romeo save me, they're trying to tell me how to feel.
This love is difficult, but it's real.
Don't be afraid, we'll make it out of this mess.
It's a love story, baby, just say yes.
Oh, oh.
I got tired of waiting.
Wondering if you were ever coming around.
My faith in you was fading
When I met you on the outskirts of town.
And I said...
Romeo save me, I've been feeling so alone.
I keep waiting, for you but you never come.
Is this in my head, I don't know what to think
He knelt to the ground and pulled out
... Read more »
Last Christmas I gave you my heart
But the very next day you gave it away
This year to save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special
Last Christmas I gave you my heart
But the very next day you gave it away
This year to save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special
Once bitten and twice shy
I keep my distance but you still catch my eye
Tell me baby do you recognize me?
Well it's been a year it doesn't surprise me
Happy Christmas
I wrapped it up and sent it
With a note saying "I love you" I meant it
Now I know what a fool I've been
But if you kissed me now I know you'd fool me again
Last Christmas I gave you my heart
But the very next day you gave it away
This year to save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special
Last Christmas I gave you my heart
But the very next day you gave it away
This year to save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special
A crowded room friends with tired eyes
I'm hiding from you and your soul of ice
My god I thought you were someone to rely on
Me? I guess I was a shoulder to cry on
A face on a lover with a fire in his heart
A man under cover but
you tore me apart
Ooooh
Now I've found a real love you'll never fool me again
Last Christmas I gave you my heart
But the very next day you gave it away
This year to save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special
Last Christmas I gave you my heart
But the very next day you gave it away
This year to save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special
A face on a lover with a fire in his heart
A man under cover but you tore me apart
Maybe next year I'll give it to someone
I'll give it to someone special.
She cant see the way your eyes light up when you smile.
she'll never notice how you stop and stare whenever she walks by.
and you cant see me wanting you the way you want her
but you are everything to me
and I just wanna show you
she dont even know you
shes never gonna love you like I want to
and you just see right through me
but if you only knew me
we could be a beautiful miracle unbelievable, instead im just invisible
theres a fire inside of you
that cant help but shine through
shes never gonna see the light
no matter what you do
and all I think about is how to make you think of me
and everything that we could be
and I just wanna show you
she dont even know you
shes never gonna love you like i want to
and you just see right through me
but if you only knew me
we could be a beautiful miracle unbeleiveable, instead im just invisible
It's 2 am, in your car
Windows down, they pass my street, the memories start
You say it's in the past, just straight ahead
You're thinking that I hate you now
Guess you still don't know what I never said
I Wish You Would come back
Wish I never had hung up the phone like I did
I Wish You know that I never forget you as long as I'm living
Wish you were right here, right now, it's all good, I wish you well
It's 2 am, in my room
Headlights pass, the window pane, I think of you
Where could be love? in a street line down
If you wanna run and hide then it makes you turn right back around
I Wish You Would come back
Wish I never had hung up the phone like I did
I Wish You know that I never forget you as long as I'm living
Wish you were right here, right now, it's all good, I wish you well
I wish you we could go back
And remember what we were fighting for
I wish you know that I miss too much to be mad anymore
Wish you were right here, right now, it's all good, I wish you well
I I I
I wish, I wish
I I I
I wish, I wish
You always knew how unleash my buttons
You give everything you're lacking
This mad mad love makes you come running
Stand back where you stood
I Wish You Would
I Wish You Would
I Wish You Would
I Wish You Would
I wish, I wish
2am here we are
See your face, hear my voice in the dark
Where could be love
In a street line down
Guess you wanna run and hide but it made us turn right back around
I Wish You Would come back
Wish I nev
... Read more »
