Girl, I've been thinking a lot about who we could have been

If I was back home

Just chilling with you and all my friends



But dear I'm gone

And that's the lousy truth



For the past 3 years

I swear I've been a better man

Than who I've become

I know I know I know I'll let you down



But I've been gone

For too damn long



So if you go away

Right now then I can guarantee

That I won't break your heart

But if you go and stay then baby

I will hope and pray that you will run away

Cause dear it breaks my heart

To see you here



So shine outward, not inward

You've been a selfish little girl

For the past 3 years

I've been through more than you could know

And God I don't want you to know



What I have been through

Cause you just wouldn't understand

You're just a girl with some issues

As bad as it might sound



But you're the girl

Who's been driving me mad



So if you go away

Right now that I can guarantee

That I won't break your heart

But if you go and stay then baby

I will hope and pray that you will run away

Cause dear it breaks my heart

To see you here



So go to school in Chicago

Find a new boy, a new life

A whole new set of friends

Cause all that I will ever do is break your heart

And dear it breaks my heart

To see you here



And dear it breaks my heart

To see you here



But just so you know...



I've been thinking a lot about who we could have been

If I was back home

Just chilling with you and all my friends



But dear I'm gone

And that's the lousy truth