Girl, I gotta tell you
That I'm utterly impressed
With the way that you look
In those fancy clothes

As you're headed out to parties
That you'd never find me near
With the boys that you met
At the bar

And do you drink until you're sloppy
Smoke until you're done?
Or do you refrain 'cause it goes to your head
Now you're close enough to kiss me
Lying next to me in bed
With your eyes stained red
From the evening's events

So she whispers and she says to me
"Can I tell you the truth?"

You're taking too many chances
On songs that you're singing
And too many stories from towns that you've seen
I'm screaming, "Listen, listen
It's all that I ask you, believe me
Once again"

Girl, I gotta tell you
That I'm desperately amused
With the way that you speak
And the things that you do

Showing up at every hour
And in every state of mind
Makes me wish I could tell you
You're wasting my time

As she wakes me up from dreaming
And I stumble through the door
And I think to myself this has happened before
Now she's begging me to kiss her
With those eyes that I adore
And I think to myself
This has happened before

So she whispers and she says to me
"Can I tell you the truth?"

You're taking too many chances
On songs that you're singing
And too many stories from towns that you've seen
I'm screaming, "Listen, listen
It's all that I ask you, believe me
Once again"

You're taking pictures of all
Of our times
So we remember our lives
When we change
I only hope that your will to forget
How our lives could have worked if I changed

'Cause I won't try to change who I am
And if that means our end

Well, then the lights go down
Across this worn out town
I'll say goodbye to an old friend

You're taking too many chances
On songs that you're singing
And too many stories from towns that you've seen
I'm screaming, "Listen, listen
It's all that I ask you, believe me
Once again"