Girl, I gotta tell you   That I'm utterly impressed   With the way that you look   In those fancy clothes      As you're headed out to parties   That you'd never find me near   With the boys that you met   At the bar      And do you drink until you're sloppy   Smoke until you're done?   Or do you refrain 'cause it goes to your head   Now you're close enough to kiss me   Lying next to me in bed   With your eyes stained red   From the evening's events      So she whispers and she says to me   "Can I tell you the truth?"      You're taking too many chances   On songs that you're singing   And too many stories from towns that you've seen   I'm screaming, "Listen, listen   It's all that I ask you, believe me   Once again"      Girl, I gotta tell you   That I'm desperately amused   With the way that you speak   And the things that you do      Showing up at every hour   And in every state of mind   Makes me wish I could tell you   You're wasting my time      As she wakes me up from dreaming   And I stumble through the door   And I think to myself this has happened before   Now she's begging me to kiss her   With those eyes that I adore   And I think to myself   This has happened before      So she whispers and she says to me   "Can I tell you the truth?"      You're taking too many chances   On songs that you're singing   And too many stories from towns that you've seen   I'm screaming, "Listen, listen   It's all that I ask you, believe me   Once again"      You're taking pictures of all   Of our times   So we remember our lives   When we change   I only hope that your will to forget   How our lives could have worked if I changed      'Cause I won't try to change who I am    And if that means our end      Well, then the lights go down   Across this worn out town   I'll say goodbye to an old friend      You're taking too many chances   On songs that you're singing   And too many stories from towns that you've seen   I'm screaming, "Listen, listen   It's all that I ask you, believe me   Once again"