My friends are leaving me in the dust
They didn't know how much it meant to me
Have mamas saying I look rough
She don't know what's right or wrong for me

Soon the kids will move along
Forget the words to all our songs
Just a name that lives within a thought that never reaches dawn
Maybe many years from now you'll hear that groaning from the South
Couple Carolina kids, washed up songs will come around

If you don't want to stay out tonight
You know that I'll ride home with you
Growing disdain for the downtown lights
Oh, I'm starting to feel it too

I'll stick with you through the changes daily
Even when your layers peel
Cause with you my heart's been racing
Maybe this is how I'm supposed to feel

With you everything's all right
With you an empty bar's the perfect night
And I want it bad, what I already have
With you it's good to be alive

My friends are leaving me in the dust
They didn't know how much it meant to me (they don't know)
Have mamas saying I look rough (I look rough)
She don't know what's right or wrong for me (she don't know, she don't know)

If you don't want to stay out tonight
You know that I'll ride home with you

With you everything's all right
With you an empty bar's the perfect night
And I want it bad, what I already have
With you it's good to be alive