when you are young, they assume you know nothing
but i knew you, playing hide-and-seek and
giving me your weekends, i
i knew you
your heartbeat on the high line
once in twenty lifetimes, i
and when i felt like i was an old cardigan
under someone's bed
you put me on and said i was your favorite
and when you are young, they assume you know nothing
but i knew you'd linger like a tattoo kiss
i knew you'd haunt all of my what-ifs
the smell of smoke would hang around this long
‘cause i knew everything when i was young
i knew i’d curse you for the longest time
chasin' shadows in the grocery line
i knew you'd miss me once the thrill expired
and you'd be standin' in my front porch light
and i knew you'd come back to me
you'd come back to me
and you'd come back to me
and you'd come back
