I mean something you just gotta understand is like it’s a it’s it’s a it’s inexplicable it’s like uh it’s like you know it’s that kind of uh je ne sais quoi that kind of you know in-intangible thing you can’t really put your finger on it’s just you and the people you love and you’re just you know just slinging em back you’re just munching down you’re just you’re just having a good time that’s what people you know that’s what I’m trying to say I guess it’s like it’s the you can’t even have it’s like you can’t even say it you don’t even you don’t even know what I’m talking about I don’t even know what I’m fucking talking about

That’s that’s what life that’s what the best of life is right just eating and drinking and being in love and that’s what this is

Get a little place by the ocean

I’ll buy a little secondhand boat

Spend the summer patching up the holes and hope it floats

Fill a bag with fruit at the market

Let’s take a towel down to the beach

Oh, you’ve never looked as sweet as when you’re biting into a peach

When it’s just me and you

In the inky blue

Under this honeydew moon

One day we’ll be sweeter together

Ice cream and apple pie

Eating cherries by the dozen and laughing until we cry

Oh we’ll be chugging down the wine like it’s water

Voulez-vous coucher avec moi

Tell me ain’t that the loveliest sunset you ever saw

And I hope you know

That I love you so

I’ll sing it loud till my lungs give out

And the cows come home

And it’s just me and you

In the inky blue

Under the honeydew moon

Honeydew moon

Do I know you

Have I always

In the springtime

Through the fall days

By the ocean

In the tall waves too

Do I miss you

Have I always

In the classroom

In the hallways

In the morning

In the small ways too

Oh my god it’s wonderful

To get out of bed

And drink too much coffee

And smoke too many cigarettes

And love you so much

And eat lunch

All I want is

A room up there and

You inside it

Brush your hair then

We crack the window
Let the air in too

Oh my god it’s wonderful

To get out of bed

And drink too much coffee

And smoke too many cigarettes

And love you so much

And eat lunch

Oh god it’s wonderful

To get out of bed

And drink too much coffee

And smoke too many cigarettes

Oh my god it’s wonderful

To get out of bed

And drink too much coffee

And smoke too many cigarettes

And love you so much

And eat lunch

It’s been a long road

Where do I start

Well we were standing on the front steps of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

I said I know where to go

I’m from around these parts

I know we only got a couple hours before they close, then we can we head to a bar

You wanna dance, don’t you

I wanna dance with you

You be the artist I’ll be the model

You drink the water I’ll hold the bottle

You’ll meet my family out in Chicago

If you want a change of pace

You quit your job and I’ll win the lotto

You drive today and I’ll drive tomorrow

Wherever you go, you know I’ll follow

I don’t really care these days

We can paint our picture in a thousand ways

And we paint everyday

It was a canyon drive

In the pouring rain

Yeah you were sitting front seat of my car eating the whole damn bag of grapes

Burnin up inside

We said fuck LA

I said sometimes this city needs a little bit of something, some kind of change

You wanna dance, don’t you

I wanna dance with you

You be the artist I’ll be the model

You drink the water I’ll hold the bottle

You’ll meet my family out in Chicago

If you want a change of pace

You quit your job and I’ll win the lotto

You drive today and I’ll drive tomorrow

Wherever you go, you know I’ll follow

I don’t really care these days

We can paint our picture in a thousand ways

And we paint everyday

You wanna dance, don’t you

Yeah you wanna dance, don’t you

I wanna dance, with you

You be the artist I’ll be the model

You drink the water I’ll hold the bottle

You’ll meet my family out in Chicago

If you want a change of pace

You quit your job and I’ll win the lotto

You drive today and I’ll drive tomorrow

Wherever you go, you know I’ll follow

I don’t really care these days

We can paint our picture in a thousand ways

And we paint everyday

Yeah, yeah, yeah

An old style revival in white

Might fall down tonight

But it had good bones

And we could fix it you know

If we put in the time

A one story craftsman in blue

The shingles all loose

But I heard it’s a steal

And we’d get a good deal

If we put down in June

I wanted to say

That I found a place

Your name’s written all over it

It’s just the right size

With good natural light

For all of the plants that you get

Well it ain’t no mansion

And we might still be dancing

If life wasn’t thrown in the mix

I guess some fixer uppers don’t fix

Well we used to walk all around

Every street in this town

But there’s no more to give

Homes where we’ll never live

It’s someone else’s turn now

I wanted to say

That I found a place

Your name’s written all over it

It’s just the right size

With good natural light

For all of the plants that you get

Well it ain’t no mansion

And we might still be dancing

If life wasn’t thrown in the mix

I guess some fixer uppers don’t fix

Oh, oh

I wanted to say

That I found a place

Your name’s written all over it

I wanted to say

That I found a place

Your name’s written all over it

It’s just the right size

With good natural light

For all of the plants that you get

Well it ain’t no mansion

And we might still be dancing

If life wasn’t thrown in the mix

I guess some fixer uppers don’t fix

The first time I got drunk

Henry swapped his parents vodka with some water

We got wasted on the street

Maybe six months later

Met a girl, she let me date her

Broke my heart, made a romantic out of me

Well I gave it all a try

I got low and I got high

And I swear I almost died outside Seattle

I met you somewhere in between

My useless liberal arts degree

And switching out the Spirits for the Camels

Well I know one day I will find

That nothing happens for the first time

And this world ain’t got surprises left for me

When the coffee tastes the same

And my bones ache when it rains

And I got no tricks up my sleeve

And I’m all I’ll ever be

Well it won’t matter when one day there’s nothing new

If I got you

The first time that we kissed

I admit it was complicated and kinda dangerous

Do you think that played a part

And somewhere down the line

Tequila shots turn into red wine

And we’re still killing bottles, laughing ‘bout the start

Well I know one day I will find

That nothing happens for the first time

And this world ain’t got surprises left for me

When the coffee tastes the same

And my bones ache when it rains

And I got no tricks up my sleeve

And I’m all I’ll ever be

Well it won’t matter when one day there’s nothing new

If I got you

Well we give it all a try

We get drunk and we get high

And we get hit on by the swingers at the dive bar

I met you somewhere in between

New York and Tennessee

And I know that this’ll work if I play my part

Well I know one day I will find

That nothing happens for the first time

And this world ain’t got surprises left for me

When the coffee tastes the same

And my bones ache when it rains

And I got no tricks up my sleeve

And I’m all I’ll ever be

Well it won’t matter when one day there’s nothing new

Oh it won’t matter when one day there’s nothing new

No it won’t matter when one day there’s nothing new

If I got you

You pick up a couple pies

I’ll get a case of beer

I think they’ve got some thirties at this liquor store

Everyone’s rollin up at nine

I say man has it been a year

Is it just me or do the months seem shorter they did before

Spread the time out on your bread

And pour a glass of existential dread

I’ll do the dishes in the sink

Benny buys another round

Cuz in the morning I’ll be leaving town

I’ll be back sooner than you think

For one more night with my friends in the city

There’s a party downtown at a rented bar

It’s a friend of a friend of ours

The drinks are 20 dollars and they’re watered down

Benny’s being magnanimous

None of us wanna call it quits

Stretching out the hours till tomorrow comes around

Spread the time out on your bread

And pour a glass of existential dread

I’ll do the dishes in the sink

Benny buys another round

Cuz in the morning I’ll be leaving town

I’ll be back sooner than you think

For one more night with my friends in the city

I have a dream that time is water

I’m pulling at the tide

But something drags me under and I wake up terrified

Of what I missed

Mmmm

You pick up a couple pies

I’ll get a case of beer

I think they’ve got some thirties at this liquor store

Spread the time out on your bread

And pour a glass of existential dread

I’ll do the dishes in the sink

Benny buys another round

Cuz in the morning I’ll be leaving town

I’ll be back sooner than you think

For one more night with my friends in the city

Tryna make the baseball team

And getting cut from varsity

Sloppy kisses at thirteen

The mystery of a girl

The magic of the morning fog

The putting down of your first dog

Learning how to love your curls

The smallness of the world

It’s like running down the subway steps

And knowing you missed your train

It’s like finding out that you forget

The way your first love said your name

It’s the winning, it’s the losing, it’s the never knowing why

It ain’t worth nothing

If it ain’t worth a try

And that’s what’s on my mind

That’s what’s on my mind

Driving through the Bible Belt

Different city, same hotel

Catch a memory from a smell

Drink the whiskey til it’s good

Do your taxes best you can

Shove it down and be a man

It’s all gold in Hollywood

Live the life you thought you would

It’s like tripping at a festival

And losing all of your friends

It’s like driving to the hospital

For your grandma who should be on the mend

It’s the loving, it’s the leaving, it’s the getting left behind

It ain’t worth nothing

If it ain’t worth a try

And that’s what’s on my mind

That’s what on my mind

Find someone who makes you smile

Dinner parties once a while

Age with grace, grow old with style

Read a book and go to bed

Have a kid or two or three

Raise ‘em right and make ‘em see

The way the sunset bleeds to red

Melted butter, toasted bread

It’s like passing down the farm

When you can’t work another day

It’s like throwing out your arm

To get that last strike in your final game

It’s the way the world rewards the ones who look it in the eye

You let the sun in

You’re laughing when you cry

Cuz it ain’t worth nothing

If it ain’t worth a try

No it ain’t worth nothing

If it ain’t worth a try

And that’s what’s on my mind

That’s what’s on my mind

There I was, not 21 –

But almost. There the desert sun

Cast shadows as its sleep began.

I perched atop the camper van

And smiled. The barren, bone-dry hues

Of rich magenta, baby blues

Caressed the sky with subtle skill –

A fiery palette on the hill.

Inside my bag I reached my hand.

I searched among the grains of sand

And pulled out paper – very small.

Would I feel anything at all?

I sucked the unassuming shred

And it dissolved within my head.

I thought I’d make a fire while

I waited. So I made a pile

Of scraps of wood to burn all night

The embers swapped for dying light.

The desert air was thin and cool

And soon – like an unspoken rule –

The only noise was wind that gusted

Whispers on the empty, dusted land.

I shook my head and looked around

The desolation was profound

And in that vacuum void of sound

I heard a thunderclap resound!

(A paradox upon the plain

A lightning strike without the rain.)

My world became the stars above

They breathed, as I did, memories of

My friends and family. In the dark

I lit a cigarette. The spark

Became a catalyst of thought.

Who was I and who was I not?

A boy who wonders what he missed –

A man who likes to reminisce.

A someone who might well rejoice

In thinking that he has a choice

In anything. The fire died

But seemed to still burn on inside

My chest. And so I closed my eyes

And waited for the sun to rise.

Red shirt, long face

Tall stairs, crowded place

A halfway finished conversation from the night before

Taking cover from the rain, it’s pouring at the sacré cœur

When you lose someone you love does it make music in the end

Oh I’m romanticizing poets again

Warm breeze, tie up your hair

Late light, cobbled square

Rolling cigarettes like locals, playing rummy at the bar

I think the best way you can help someone is just being where they are

With your head upon my shoulder, looking out onto the Seine

Oh I’m romanticizing poets again

Oh what a beautiful sight to see

Willow trees on the riverbank

Think about how it used to be

Oh did they die of a broken heart

Was it all for the sake of art

What does that mean for me

Hmmm

White bic, Saturn return

Too bright, how they burned

Tragedy to fiction to a trite mythology

An inconvenient contradiction, a neat apology

So darling please forgive me if I forget that now and then

Oh I’m romanticizing poets again

His teeth are loose in his gums

His line is in the water

He’s packing all the big guns

The sun is getting hotter

She’s paving little cloud roads

He waits for her to drive by

She’s atmospheric top down

Stuck in traffic on the 4 0 fucking sky

But I’ll grit my teeth and wait another day

And I’ll bite that apple if it’s mine to take

I’ll polish off my plate

I’ll drink up all the water

You don’t have to feel the same

I’ll love you anyway

He loves and hates the city

She floats along the skyline

She’s looking extra pretty

He’s focused on the timeline

Cause what if she gets restless

And wanders in the abstract

He’ll paint her like Picasso

He’ll let her go and hope that she comes back

But I’ll grit my teeth and wait another day

And I’ll bite that apple if it’s mine to take

I’ll polish off my plate

I’ll drink up all the water

You don’t have to feel the same

I’ll love you anyway

I’ll love you

But I’ll grit my teeth and wait another day

And I’ll bite that apple if it’s mine to take

And I’ll keep waiting for you till I’m old and gray

Oh, and I’ll love you if you love me either way

I’ll polish off my plate

I’ll drink up all the water

You don’t have to feel the same

I’ll love you anyway

Oh, I’ll love you anyway

Oh, tell me do you feel the same

Cause I’ll love you anyway

Ooh ooh

I’ll love you anyway

Ooh ooh

Ooh, I’ll love you anyway

Oh, I’ll love you anyway

I’ll love you anyway