Take Me Away

Take me away from here, take me away Take me away, away, away from here Take me away from here, take me away Take me away, away, away from here I remember back in middle school, I was still a nerdy dude New kid, in a new state, what the hell have I got to lose Friends kept me grounded, but then I saw a girl And I was smitten, thought of her as my whole world But she was out of my league, she was Majors, I was Minors There was a dance coming up, and I thought I'd just try her One day after class, man, I asked the question She said yes, felt like it was one of God's blessings So the day came, and the dance turned out great man Someone spiked the punch, most of the dance got wasted Couple weeks later, she started acting shifty Actively avoiding me, I figured it was ending But what she told me took me by surprise Apparently she'd get drunk then fuck a bunch of guys You're too good for me, she said one day after class Man fuck it, I guess nice guys do finish last Take me away from here, take me away Take me away, away, away from here Take me away from here, take me away Take me away, away, away from here Alone 5 more years, then I remembered a girl That I dated in high school, she fucked up my world We dated for a while, things were going okay But I was hearing shit from everybody, what can I say So I dumped her, and then two weeks later She showed up at my house with a little piece of paper She was pregnant, and she was saying it was mine At first I was excited, didn't think she was lying But her story didn't add up and she wouldn't take a test Wondering if my father went through this mess Am I just like him, stuck at a fork with poor choices The child didn't look like me, but no rejoicing Cause if he is mine, I wanna spend time with him But at the same time, I don't wanna be another victim Got a baby of my own, and I can't live in the past Man fuck it, I guess nice guys do finish last Take me away from here, take me away Take me away, away, away from here Take me away from here, take me away Take me away, away, away from here Went through all that shit, found a new girl from my past Started chatting again, but she lived near Boston, Mass She came down in a Greyhound, and then we clicked She stayed down for about a month and then off she went Kept in contact, pretty soon she wanted to move in So me and Randy took a little road trip, so stupid 18 hours one way, and the bitch still wasn't grateful I was an ugly piece of shit, putting food on the table Couple months pass, seem to be getting along well Except she didn't want to work, just stay at home and cause hell Came home one day, and guess what I found She was cyber sexing her ex on my damn couch I saw red, damn near took her fucking head off But I'm not like my step-dad, not like him at all I fucking ended it, and I'm done living in the past Man fuck it, I guess nice guys do finish last Take me away from here, take me away Take me away, away, away from here Take me away from here, take me away Take me away, away, away from here