The first time I saw you
You were selling hot dogs and stealing your mom's VCR
You sold your Nintendo for a shitty drum set
That you sold for a shittier car
I remember you hitting your girlfriend
Once or twice when she got in your face
You'd come sell us weed or you'd just watch TV
And she'd sit in the Chevy and wait
The last time I saw you
You worked the the Lakeview with that guy with those bad tattoos
Someone had broken your heart
And you worked it out fucking the regular crew
Your smile was amazing, your apartment was tiny
Your arm and your back were all bruised
Sometimes you wore glasses that you didn't like
Over eyes that were sparkly blue
Howdy stranger, how ya been?
A million distant memories of a million distant friends
The last time I saw you
We split a pitcher or two at some hillbilly bar
Your heart was all shattered
Your hair was all greasy and long and your hands were all hard
I remember saying to dump your girlfriend
She was making both of us sick
It's not a lot but it's what I've got
It gets harder and harder to stick to the script
It's harder and harder and harder and harder and harder and harder these days
It gets harder and harder and harder and harder and harder and harder to stay
It's harder and harder and harder and harder and harder and harder these days
It gets harder, oh it gets harder