When I was younger, I wish That I would have known better Better love makes a fat romance Lasts for more than a shoe shine
I'm bolder, took all the words of my mother Saying it could be worse Could be born with that disease Instead of catching it first
So let's go back to the first time That I met you in your Chevy With your hands stretched and me Crying, screaming, mercy, mercy
But I know that I was put here To fight vikings in the cold war With my arms out in the front Singing, tear me, tear me
But these things take time, love These things take backbone And they'll tell you what you want to hear 'Cause they say it gets better, better
But you better know how to point out the liars You've got to win your wars, make sure You're not fighting for nothing, nothing Are you fighting for nothing, nothing?
It feels like this world has been Growing slowly upside down Maybe I should move to China Straighten this mess out
Maybe I'll be a poet Watch all the sky for falling words Write about my grandma's curtains Or the lady who put The Chinese buffet in her purse
I've got my mouth, it's a weapon It's bombshell, it's a cannon I've got my words I won't give them mercy, mercy
But these things take time, love These things take backbone And they'll tell you what you want to hear 'Cause they say it gets better, better
But you better know how to point out the liars You've got to win your wars, make sure You're not fighting for nothing, nothing Are you fighting for nothing, nothing?
I've got blind words, I hope they hurt you I hope they scar you, I hope they heal you
I hope they cut you open, make you seal the warn For all the wrong reasons, make you see That some things were worth bruising for Make you see that your name is your honor code Make you see that your hands you're accounted for
They can choose where your sweat and your blood will go Make you see your life's not to be lived alone Run the strip through your hair You're worth nothing, nothing
These things take time, love These things take backbone And they'll tell you what you want to hear 'Cause they say it gets better, better
You better know how to point out the liars You've got to win your wars, make sure You're not fighting for nothing, nothing
But these things take time, love These things take backbone And they'll tell you what you want to hear 'Cause they say it gets better, better
But you better know how to point out the liars You've got to win your wars, make sure You're not fighting for nothing, nothing Are you fighting for nothing, nothing?