[Verse 1]
Girl, I've been thinking a lot about who we could have been
If I was back home
Just chilling with you and all my friends
But dear I'm gone and that's the lousy truth
For the past 3 years I swear I've been a better man
Than who I've become I know I know I know I'll let you down
But I've been gone for too damn long

[Chorus]
So if you go away right now
Then I can guarantee that I won't break your heart
But if you go and stay
Then baby I will hope and pray that you will run away
Cause dear it breaks my heart to see you here

[Verse 2]
So shine outward, not inward
You've been a selfish little girl
For the past 3 years
I've been through more than you could know
And God I don't want you to know
What I have been through
Cause you just wouldn't understand
You're just a girl with some issues
As bad as it might sound
But you're the girl
Who's been driving me mad
[Chorus]

[Bridge]
So go to school in Chicago
Find a new boy, a new life
A whole new set of friends
Cause all that I will ever do is break your heart
And dear it breaks my heart
To see you here

[Verse 3]
And dear it breaks my heart
To see you here
But just so you know...
I've been thinking a lot about who we could have been
If I was back home
Just chilling with you and all my friends
But dear I'm gone
And that's the lousy truth