She said it's good to see you, it sure has been a while
I think of you from time to time maybe you can tell me why
I faked a 'great to see you too' and tried to catch her name
And wished that she'd just go back where she came

She said I think I broke your heart, but that was long ago
So maybe we can make another start, you never know
Hey babe, it's just adrenaline
Or something you're imaginin'

Time plants these fables in our heads
And super lovers in our beds
If these balls could talk they'd surely say
We're better off, better off this way

I ran into my high school coach, he hasn't lost a step
He was talkin' 'bout some hot-shot kid and his baseball scholarship
He said “That could have been you son, but you just never had the drive”
But coach, you should've seen the fish I fried

So I rubbed my crotch and checked my watch but he kept talking just the same
“We only needed one more hit to win that Greenville game”
Hey coach, I couldn't hit the curve
Or the hard stuff that the big guys serve

You see, time plants these fables in our brains
No one cares that you lost the game
If these halls could talk they'd surely say
You're better off, better off this way

I dreamed I saw my father, I was just as old as him
He asked me what's been going on, have I been practicin'
I told him that I've given up on makin' up the time
And if I said that I regret it I'd be lyin'

I play my tunes and sleep till noon any time I can
My debts are paid and I wouldn't trade my life with any man
But hey what happens to the dreams
That drive a boy of seventeen

Well youth plants fables in our heads
The things we'll do before we're dead
If these walls could talk they'd surely say
I'm better off, better off this way

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