In dark corners and bars and ballrooms
Boys get childish and grow up too soon
I sit and stare at the Calgary girls
Pretty hair and their mummy's pearls
'Till the fear wells up and hits me
Send letters to a comfortable history
I use to have it all
Now my head falls hard and alone
Onto a motel pillow
And I know there's a script that I could rehearse
And there are lines I could make them work
But I don't want them
I want you
And it's not like there's a space that I need to fill
Or like I have any time we could kill
But I don't need this
I need you
And this is the exact thing that I always do
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We use to lie right here and speak
We were fucking great between these sheets
That she bought to replace
The old ones she left when she needed her own space
And I took the hand-me-downs
And I flipped the covers inside out
And I'll pretend
That I'm different now
And the first time we made love
It was dark and we were drunk
In someone else's
Someone else's passed out bathroom
And you turned your back to me
And I said, "If this is the first of many then turn back around"
"So I can fucking kiss you"
And I know there's a script that I could rehearse
And there are lines I could make them work
But I don't want them
I want you
And it's not like there's a space that I need to fill
Or like I have any time we could kill
But I don't need this
I need you
And this is the exact thing that I always do
If you see me again
Holding up some dive bars end
With a whisky sat far too naturally
Between my legs
Will you saunter over smokely and
Tell me about your family?
And I'll tell you you were right
When you said I'd end up lonely
And I'll tell you that my life
Didn't crack up to what our life would have been
And I'll stand up to say something
Fall straight back in my seat
And you will check your watch
And say, "It's probably time for you to leave"
And I'll stand up to say something brave and grand
Fall straight back in my seat
And you will check your watch
And say, "It's probably time for you to leave"
And you will offer me a ride
Only 'cause it's so fucking cold outside
You were always far too kind
And I know there's a script that I could rehearse
And there are lines I could make them work
But I don't want them
I want you
And it's not like there's a space I need to fill
Or like I have any time we could kill
But I don't need this
Fucking need you
And this is the exact thing that I always do