[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
            
I was 18 and s

       
o were you
            
I was that bir

              
kenstock geek 

     
rock dude
             
You were the b

             
ack flip, doe-

 
eyed,

Tree-climbing,

 earth-mama
            
beautiful ever

      
green girl

[Chorus]
            
And I never th

              
ought that I c

     
ould be
           
Gettin' my gre

y hair with yo

u
       
beside me
              
And there's so

            
mething I'm bl

ind to
              
but you still 

         
see
            
And it couldn'

              
t be better, I

       
 know
            
It shouldn't b

             
e easier to ho

      
ld
              
I should stop 

            
waiting for th

  
e other
             
boot to fall

     

[Verse 2]
              
I wanna be the

            
 toy in your c

      
ereal box
            
I wanna be Car

              
ter in your pe

     
ace talks
              
I wanna get al

           
most too famil

iar
            
But still noti

              
ce the way tha

      
t you walk

[Chorus]
             
If you said yo

             
u were going a


way
              
I'd run on the

  
 tarmac
             
And I would la

           
y down in fron

t of
     
the plane
              
Just to get yo

               
u to stay
            
'cause it coul

              
dn't be better

         
, I know
            
It shouldn't b

             
e easier to ho

    
ld
              
I should stop 

            
waiting for th

   
e other
             
boot to fall

            

[Bridge]
              
Got everything

            
 I'd ever want

   
ed here
              
Everything, th

              
en this consta

   
nt fear
            
I'm sure I'm g

             
onna lose it a


ll
              
Just waiting f

        
or the other b

oot to
          
fall

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[Chorus]
              
If you thought

            
 I could be re


placed
              
I wouldn't jus

   
t stop with an

 ear
             
I would cut of

             
f my whole fre

       
akin' face
              
Just to make m

               
y point clear
            
That it couldn

              
't be better, 

        
I know
            
It shouldn't b

             
e easier to ho

       
ld
              
I should stop 

            
waiting for th

   
e other
         
boot to fall
             
I'm waiting fo

             
r the other bo

          
ot to fall