1. August sipped away like a bottle of wine.
2. Those eyes add insult to injury.
3. I knew you'd miss me once the thrill expired.
4. I dreamt of you all summer long.
5. Take the words for what they are.
6. Love you to the Moon and to Saturn.
7. There goes the maddest woman this town has ever seen.
8. The devil's in the details, but you got a friend in me.
9. Canceled plans just in case you'd call.
10. I'm not your problem anymore.
11. Are there still beautiful things?
12. But you dream of some epiphany.
13. In my defense, I have none.
14. Crossing out the good years.
15. And there's nothing like a mad woman.
16. Hell was the journey but it brought me heaven.
17. But I knew you'd linger like a tattoo kiss.
18. I think I've seen this film before.
19. Sweet tea in the summer. Cross your heart, won't tell no other.
20. All these people think love's for show.
21. But I'm a fire and I'll keep your brittle heart warm.
22. Were there clues I didn't see?
23. Clandestine meetings and longing stares.
24. When you are young, they assume you know nothing.
25. And if I'm on fire, you'll be made of ashes, too.
26. I was so ahead of the curve, the curve became a sphere.
27. And if you wanted me, you really should've showed.
28. But I can see us lost in the memory.
29. Cursing my name, wishing I stayed.
30. Roaring twenties, tossing pennies in the pool.
31. Don't want no other shade of blue but you.
32. What started in beautiful rooms ends with meetings in parking lots.
33. Drunk as they watch my shattered edges glisten.
34. Our coming-of-age has come and gone.
35. You put me on and said I was your favorite.
36. Time, mystical time, cutting me open, then healing me fine.
37. But you would still miss me in your bones.
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