Distance Runner

You arrive at 7:30
My short shorts and shoes are dirty
You're a picture of swagger and style
And I'm the whitest boy on the track team by a mile

I take it slow 'cause I don't wanna scare you
As if the speed of my words could prepare you
I guess you heard that I got into Texas
I don't know what to say, I didn't expect this

Holding hands in the back of your parents car
Flashback to peach fuzz on acne scars
Lips touch in the shape of two crescents
The first kiss of our adolescence

Now I'm up on the ninth mile early morning
Your voice is dressed like a warning
When you say I heard the big bad news
And one of us is gonna have to choose

Seems wrong that it should end
Seems wrong that we should just be friends

And it's like something from a teenage movie
She kisses me and it cuts right through me
We're meeting after class where she can say her last goodbyes
And she looks at me apologetic
'Cause we're going to different colleges
And I can't meet her eyes and I think she knows exactly why

She says you can't hold me from a distance lover
Lucky for her, I'm a distance runner

Now we live in a state of denial
Like sure, I just didn't mean to dial you
But I haven't seen your face in a while
And it's been ages since I've run a mile

Maybe you thought enough was enough
As if it hasn't been 28 months
And maybe we were in love
And maybe I should know better

But it's like something from a teenage movie
She kisses me and it cuts right through me
We're meeting after class where she can say her last goodbyes
And she looks at me apologetic
'Cause we're going to different colleges
And I can't meet her eyes and I think she knows exactly why

She says you can't hold me from a distance lover
Lucky for her, I'm a distance runner

You can't hold me from a distance lover
Lucky for her, I'm a distance runner
You can't go in for a kiss then cover
You be sure you're gonna miss this summer

Lucky for her, I'm a distance runner
You can't go in for a kiss then cover
(I say) some day you are gonna miss this

It's like something from a teenage movie
She kisses me and it cuts right through me
We're meeting after class where she can say her last goodbyes
And she looks at me apologetic
'Cause we're going to different colleges
And I can't meet her eyes and I think she knows exactly why

She says you can't go in for a kiss then cover
You be sure you're gonna miss this summer

You can't hold me from a distance lover
Lucky for her, I'm a distance runner