[Verse 1]
The boy with the smile and the curls doesn't smile like he used to
Neither would you if you'd been through what he went through with her
The drinking and fighting
The fighting and drinking
The quitting, restarting
The snarling and spitting
When I ask him if he still loves her he doesn't reply

[Verse 2]
I offer him money, escape maps, bus tickets
He asks why are you so kind to me? I say I just can't stick it
To see anyone so hurt
To see hurt
So hurt
So hurt

[Verse 3]
And all my thoughts still move at their glacial pace
The pieces finally drift into place
Can't hold his gaze
So hardly done

[Verse 4]
And that's how I know he's not long for this town
Not long for this town
Not long for this town
[Outro]
(He's not long for this town)
(The boy with the smile)
(The boy with the smile)