[Intro]
        x2


[Verse 1]
            
You can't lie 

        
to yourself
             
After loving s

         
omething true
            
And I've never

          
 loved a soul
             
Quite the way 

              
that I loved y


ou
            
You told me yo

     
u despise
             
Everything tha

          
t I've become
            
How we always 

       
turn into
             
Everything we'

            
re running fro

m


      


            
And I miss the

           
 way you follo

wed
             
When I jaywalk

            
ed in the stre

et
            
How you always

              
 talked more t

 
rash
             
Than any boy b

            
ad mouthin' me
            
And the way th

             
at the oak cre

aked
             
When you snuck

             
 up from my be

d
            
The way that m

         
issing someone
              
Will have you 

             
seeing steady 

 
red


[Chorus]
         
Take it slow a

s you leave me
          
Don't you go h

ome this eveni

ng
        
With someone
              
That you're ac

             
ting like is m

e
            
And I will try

 my hardest da

rling
 
Wait on a star

 that's fallin

g
            
And I will wai

            
t so patiently
            
One thing I ha

    
ve quickly
         
come to know
            
Nothing kills 

     
you slower tha

n
 
Letting someon

e go


[Refrain]
        x2


            
So take it slo

w as you leave

 me
          
Don't you go h

ome this eveni

ng
        
With someone
              
That you're ac

             
ting like is m

e
            
And I will try

 my hardest da

rling
 
Wait on a star

 that's fallin

g
            
And I will wai

            
t so desperate

ly
            
One thing I ha

    
ve quickly
         
come to know
            
Nothing kills 

     
you slower tha

n
 
Letting someon

e go


[Refrain]
        x2


[Verse]
            
You can't lie 

        
to yourself
             
After loving s

         
omething true
            
And I've never

          
 loved a soul
             
Quite the way 

              
that I loved y


ou
            
You told me yo

     
u despise
             
Everything tha

          
t I've become
            
How we always 

       
turn into
             
All the things

              
 we're running

  
 from


[Chorus]
         
Take it slow a

s you leave me
          
Don't you go h

ome this eveni

ng
        
With someone
              
That you're ac

             
ting like is m

e
            
And I will try

 my hardest da

rling
 
Wait on a star

 that's fallin

g
            
And I will wai

            
t so desperate

ly
            
One thing I ha

    
ve quickly
         
come to know
            
Nothing kills 

     
you slower tha

n
 
Letting someon

e go