The first time I saw you, you worked selling hot dogs   And stealing your mom's VCR   You sold your Nintendo for a shitty drum set   That you sold for a shittier car      I remember you hitting your girlfriend once or twice   When she got in your face   You'd come sell us weed or just watch TV   She'd sit in your Chevy and wait      The first time I saw you, you worked at the Lakeview   With that guy with those bad tattoos   Someone had broken your heart and you worked it out   Fucking the regular crew      Your smile was amazing, your apartment was tiny   Your arms and your back were all bruised   Sometimes you wore glasses that you didn't like   Over eyes that were sparkly blue      Howdy stranger, how ya been?   A million distant memories of a million distant friends      The last time I saw you, we split a pitcher or two   At some hillbilly bar   Your heart was all shattered, your hair was all greasy   And long and your hands were all hard      I remember saying to dump your girlfriend   She was making both of us sick   It's not a lot, but it's what I got   It's harder and harder to stick to the script      It's harder these days   It gets harder to stay