I'm lying awake, thinking about things
Thinking you might be doing the same
It's probably been at least twenty years
Since the last time I've spoken your name
I don't drink like I did
I've got a couple of kids
I'm a better man now than you knew
But lots of regrets
Especially one about the way that I left things with you

And I don't want you back
I'm not asking for that
But I'm lying if I say I don't think about you sometimes
I just hate that I don't know how everything turned out
If you hear this song, would it kill you to drop me a line?
Because I hope that you're good now, that somebody loves you
And gives you the things that I just couldn't give you back then
You're a part of my story and I'm part of yours
So it's painful to think I might never hear your voice again

I'm not building it up
I know what it was
I think I even knew at the time
Because we wasn't kids
But we sure weren't adults
Well, we got to the end of some nights
It wasn't so long
A year and some change
But at times it could burn like a star
I just want you to know you're still on my mind
And when that goes, I'll still have the scars

And I don't want you back
I'm not asking for that
But I'm lying if I say I don't think about you sometimes
I just hate that I don't know how everything turned out
If you hear this song, would it kill you to drop me a line?
Because I hope that you're good now, that somebody loves you
And gives you the things that I just couldn't give you back then
You're a part of my story and I'm part of yours
So it's painful to think I might never hear your voice again