Population Minus One

What the hell was I thinkin'
 Comin' and livin' in this concrete canyon
 Tryin' to swim upstream in a river of vacant eyed people
 Where they going so fast?
 What could be that important?
 And I miss Mama
 I wonder what she's doing
 She's probably looking out that kitchen window
 That green grass and clear sky
 Daddy's probably sneakin' up behind her
 Putting his arms around her waist
 Restin' that head on her shoulder
 Telling her how much he loves her
 That's what I ought to be doing with you right now
 I find it hard breathe
 Without you next to me
 Gonna leave this phone hangin', I'm gone
 Before the sun goes down
 Gonna ditch this town
 Population minus one
 Oh, yeah, I know what I was thinkin', I wasn't
 I came this close to making the biggest mistake of my life
 Is that a train I hear in the background?
 You're on the porch aren't you?
 Got your head resting on that pillow on the swing
 Your bare feet propped up on those chain links
 Toenails painted cotton candy pink, oh, man
 Let's see, smog or the smell of summer in your hair
 I'm outta here
 I find it hard breathe
 Without you next to me
 Gonna leave this phone hangin', I'm gone
 Before the sun goes down
 Gonna ditch this town
 Population minus one
 Baby, I can't tell you how good it felt
 To roll back into this little map dot
 Seeing those sugar maples shading main street
 And I never noticed it before but I smiled when I saw
 All those post game celebration, beer bottle dents
 In that deer crossing sign
 You know some of those were ours
 Kiss me, kiss me again
 It feels so good to breathe
 With you here next to me
 In your arms it feels like home
 Gonna watch the sun go down
 I need you more than I need that town
 Population minus one
 Just look at you and me
 Right where we need to be, yeah