A Lifetime

Allie woke up 8 a.m.
 Graduation day
 Got into a car
 Crashed along the way
 And we arrived late to the wake
 Stole the urn while they looked away
 And drove to the beach
 'Cause I knew you'd want it that way
 And you were standing
 On the hood of the car
 Singing out loud
 When the sun came up
 And I know I wasn't right
 But it felt so good
 And your mother didn't mind
 Like I thought she would
 And that REM song was playing in my mind
 And three and a half minutes
 Felt like a lifetime
 It felt like a lifetime
 And you move like water, yeah
 I could drown in you
 And I fell so deep once, yeah
 Till you pulled me through, ahh
 You would tell me
 "No one is allowed to be so proud"
 "They never reach out"
 "When they're giving up."
 And I know I wasn't right
 But it felt so good
 And your mother didn't mind
 Like I thought she would
 And that REM song was playing in my mind
 And three and a half minutes (half minutes)
 Felt like a lifetime
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 Are you sitting in the lights?
 Or combing your hair again
 And talking in rhymes?
 And are you sitting in the lights?
 When I got home, heard the phone
 Your parents had arrived
 You know, your dad set his jaw
 Your mom just smiled and sighed
 But they left soon and I went to my room
 Played that disc that you'd given me
 You know I shut my eyes
 I swear I could hear the sea
 And you were standing
 On the hood of your car
 Singing out loud when the sun came up
 And I know I wasn't right
 But it felt so good
 And your mother didn't mind
 Like I thought she would
 And that REM song was playing in my mind
 And three and a half minutes
 Three and a half minutes
 Felt like a lifetime