Thirteen blue summers
Have come to pass since you been gone
Since I was 13, I have been through everything
If you come back you will see
That for the better I've changed

I've been waiting, 
See the tattoo on my skin now?
It's been reminding me
Of that first day by the sea
And how you loved that summer
We weren't supposed to be.

I've spent half my life
Without you, boy
You'll wind up believing I'm dead
Wondering if I kept you in my head
And where to lay a flower
Or thirteen.


Chocolates and roses
And things you think when you hear love
Are just illusions
But sometimes they are enough
When years without you get rough
And you're not in my veins.

I've spent half my life
Without you, boy
You'll wind up believing I'm dead
Wondering if I kept you in my head
And where to lay a flower
Or thirteen.

You'll wind up believing I'm dead
Wondering if I kept you in my head
And where to lay a flower
Or thirteen.
Thirteen.