Seems like the other day My baby went away She went away 'cross the sea It's been two years or so Since I saw my baby go And then this letter came for me It said that we was through She found somebody new Oh, lemme think, lemme think, what shall I do?

I don't know if your looking for romance or I don't know what you're looking for I said I bet that you look good on the dance floor Dancing to electro-pop like a robot from 1984 Oh but you're an explosion (you're dynamite) Your name isn't Rio, but I

What about us? What about all the times you said you had the answers? What about all the broken happy ever afters? What about all the plans that ended in disaster? Oh, what about us? What about love? What about trust? Are you ready? I'll be ready We are

Oh yeah, oh yeah ah, ah, ah ah Darlin' makes 'em do it now (Busted) hey (Busted) hey, yeah Ah ah ah ah ah ah Hey, hey mama said the way you move Gon' make you sweat, gon' make you groove Ah ah child way ya shake that thing Gon' make you burn, gon' make

Oh child, oh child And I know that I can't pretend that I haven't had my regret From the memories that I've kept, to the history I forget Oh, my father before he left Oh, there's one thing I wish he said "Oh child, just do what you love, 'cause you won't

I went from goin' to school, to totin' them tools and makin' a move Said I would win, they said I would lose, shit We're so confused, hope I don't make the news, oh Lord We was breakin' the rules, trappin' to get some food Risking freedom for shoes

It can't be Nashville every night With its la la oh oh ohs, Whoa-ohs and He said, 'Fuck this' and 'Fuck that' And this guy's the diplomat Stares into the blur of the tuner lights He said, 'We are what we lack' And this guy's the autodidact

She was like, oh my God, this is my song She was like, come here boy, I wanna dance 'Fore I said a word, she was takin' my hand And she said, play it again, play it again, play it again And I said, play it again, play it again, play it again I've been

And still be on my feet I'd still be on my feet Oh, you are in my blood like holy wine You taste so bitter and you taste so sweet Oh, I could drink a case of you, darling Just before our love got lost you said "I am as constant as a northern star" And I

What do you mean When you nod your head yes But you wanna say no But you tell me to go Said we’re running out of time Better make up your mind What do you mean, hey When you don’t want me to move Oh, what do you mean