Calgary Girls

In dark corners and bars and ballrooms Boys get childish and grow up too soon I sit and stare at the Calgary girls Pretty hair and their mummy's pearls Until the fear wells up and hits me Send letters to a comfortable history I used to have it all Now my head falls hard and alone Onto a motel pillow [Chorus] And I know there's a script that I could rehearse And there are lines, I could make them work But I don't want them, I want you And it's not like there's a space that I need to fill Or like I have any time we could kill But I don't need this, I need you And this is the exact thing that I always do We used to lie right here and speak We were fucking great between these sheets That she bought to replace The old ones she left when she needed her own space And I took the hand me downs And I flipped the covers inside out And I'll pretend that I'm different now And the first time we made love It was dark and we were drunk In someone else's Someone else's hostel bathroom And you turned your back to me And I said "if this is the first of many Then turn back around so I can fucking kiss you" [Chorus] If you see me again Holding up some dive bar's end With a whisky sat far too naturally between my legs Will you saunter over smokily and Tell me about your family And I'll tell you you were right When you said I'd end up lonely And I'll tell you that my life Didn't crack up to what our life would have been And I'll stand up to say something Fall straight back in my seat And you will check your watch and say "it's probably time for you to leave" And I'll stand up to say something brave and grand Fall straight back in my seat You will check your watch and say "it's probably time for you to leave" And you will offer me a ride Only cause so its so fucking cold outside You were always far too kind [Chorus]