This used to be the place we ran to This used to be my childhood dream This used to be the place I ran to Whenever I was in need Of a friend Why did it have to end And why do they always say This used to be my playground (used to be) This used to be our

Don't blame me Hear my story and listen well; Truth is in all that I tell It could never have been me I did not shoot no deputy Mr Grant, the deputy, Friend to my whole family He always tell me when John Brown Was getting ready to come around

Now you're just somebody that I used to know But you didn't have to cut me off Make out like it never happened and that we were nothing And I don't even need your love But you treat me like a stranger and that feels so rough No you didn't have to stoop

Won't you change partners and dance with me? Won't you change partners and then You may never want to change partners again Must you dance every dance With the same fortunate man? You have danced with him since the music began Must you dance quite so

Nigga you should salute me, nigga you should salute me Fix your motherfuckin face nigga! Look at these fuckin chimpanzees Bunch of fuckin monkeys (Mr. Porter!) I been shot, I been stabbed I took all that I have to give And I never ran, never have

I guess I should've been more like that She's beautiful in her simple little way I should have held on to my pride I should have never let you lie I guess you got what you deserved I guess I should've been more like her She don't have too much to say

Now you're just somebody that I used to know But you didn't have to cut me off Make out like it never happened and that we were nothing And I don't even need your love But you treat me like a stranger and that feels so rough No, you didn't have to stoop

But it's fading away from my mind There's another "me" waiting behind Up until recently I have been alone Leading a tranquil life but never at home Something had changed and I turned to the wind That blew through me and told me, "how long? How long?"

Why do you have to be a heartbreaker Is it a lesson that I never knew? Gotta get out of the spell that I'm under. My love for you. When I was being what you want me to be? Suddenly everything I ever wanted has passed me by. This world may end, Not you

Oh, I'd have never found you At that random house party that I didn't even wanna go to Had me first time feelin' in a while I should make one, too Sometimes the finish line is just the start of something new Then I'd have never found you 'Cause I'd never