Second Try

You, blowing back smoke into my eyes
Your bark stings so much louder than your bite
I try to sing it back like you said it to me
Not quite right, ‘cause my voice starts to crack
And my ears start to ring

It’s a crime you get any sleep at night
And if I could write a song that would make you cry
Like I did, make you wish you could go back in time
To the day that we met and do everything right
On a second try that I won’t let you get this time

Me, running on E in the late June heat
We don’t speak, you sleep on the couch so our eyes don’t meet
You don’t have to see the carnage and gore
Laid in our sheets, don’t think about all of the promisеs
You never meant to keep

You wеre lying through your clenched teeth the whole time
And if I could write a song that would make you cry
Like I did, make you wish you could go back in time
To the day that we met and do everything right
On a second try that I won’t let you get this time