[Verse 1]
              
Let me tell yo

    
u a story
              
About a boy an

    
d a girl
              
It’s kinda sho

         
rt kinda borin

g
              
But the  end i

    
s a  whirl
          
They were just

 16
         
When the peopl

e  were mean
        
So they didn’t

 love themselv

es
            
Now they’re go

ne
              
Headstones on 

  
a lawn

[Verse 2]
           
When I was you

nger
              
I knew a boy a

     
nd a boy
              
Best friends w

         
ith each other
              
But always wis

              
hed they were 


more
            
‘Cause they lo

ved one anothe

r
             
But never disc

              
overed ‘cause 


they were too 

afraid
              
Of what they’d

 
 say
              
Moved to diffe

     
rent states

[Chorus]
           
Oh, and I’m af

              
raid that’s ju

              
st the way the

 
 world works
             
It ain’t funny

              
, it ain’t pre

              
tty, it ain’t 


sweet
           
Oh, and I’m af

              
raid that’s ju

              
st the way the

 
 world works
             
But I think th

              
at it could wo

              
rk for you and

 
 me
           
Just wait and 

    
see
              
It’s not the e

             
nd of the stor

    
y

[Verse 3]
              
Now it's on to

     
 the sequel
              
About me and m

  
y friend
              
See, both our 

             
parents were e

vil
              
So we both mad

    
e a bet
      
If we worked t

ill we saved
         
We could both 

run away
         
And we’d have 

a better life
          
And I was righ

t
              
I wonder if sh

      
e’s alright

[Chorus]
           
Oh, and I’m af

              
raid that’s ju

              
st the way the

 
 world works
             
It ain’t funny

              
, it ain’t pre

              
tty, it ain’t 


sweet
           
Oh, and I’m af

              
raid that’s ju

              
st the way the

 
 world works
             
But I think th

              
at it could wo

              
rk for you and

 
 me
          
Just wait and 

     
see
              
It’s not the e

             
nd of the stor

   
y

[Bridge]
             
And the movie’

              
s always runni

         
ng in my head
             
All the people

              
, all the love

           
rs, all my fri

ends
             
And I hope tha

              
t they’ll all 

              
get their happ

  
y end
       
In the end

[Chorus]
           
Oh, and I’m af

              
raid that’s ju

              
st the way the

 
 world works
             
It ain’t funny

              
, it ain’t pre

              
tty, it ain’t 


sweet
           
Oh, and I’m af

              
raid that’s ju

              
st the way the

 
 world works
             
But I think th

              
at it could wo

              
rk for you and

 
 me
          
Just wait and 

     
see
              
It’s not the e

             
nd of the stor

     
y