pretty girl

We were so young when I met that girl She closed her eyes and I start to stare She’s standin’ there On the porch in country air Saw the lights, saw the hay bales, the lawn Wish I said hello before my chance was gone And now you’ll never know Wish I was your Romeo, wish you knew my name But your mama said, “boy, you’d better go” And you were watchin’ from the staircase But I didn’t wanna go home Cuz she was a princess, stuck in a small town And I’m justa punk with a shitty guitar My old man b**t me if I looked at her But she wants a love story I can’t give her But we’d sneak out to the woods to practice The band kept quiet cuz we’re d**d if he knew We fell in love We could escape our hell for a bit of time Cuz she was a good girl, I slept on the streets And my daddy whipped me when I said her name Said she was nothing to me, I was playing a game It was all in my head, something’s wrong with my brain Cuz she was a princess, stuck in a small town And I’m justa punk with a shitty guitar My old man b**t me if I looked at her But she wants a love story I can’t give her They kept us apart, threw me in the snake pit I spat in her face when she asked me why Then her daddy told me, “You had better hide” Ay yo, oh But I got tired of wanting Wishin’ I knew if she’d ever talk to me Played guitar til my fingers bled And I met her in the woods, and I said, Run away, save yourself, I’m better off alone We both know you don’t belong in this town I’m fucked up in the head, you better stay away from me Cuz I’m just a punk boy from the wrong side of town So run away, pretty girl, here you’ll always be alone They don’t love you, that’s all I really know Head to the city, and never look back Forget this town, let the sunset fade black Oh-oh, oh This is real life, there’s no turning back