Union Pool

Straightening your collar
'Cause you know without your father
You're just unemployed

Dancing on the weekends
Oh, you know you own those sequins
Kissing all the boys

But was it you when the sky turned blue?
When we said we wouldn't sleep
Until our memories rewind

You say you're an artist
But you know it's just another way
To fit the mold

Twenty different leggings
For that outfit you're perfecting
When it gets too cold

But where are you? The other one of you
The one I met on that day
You moved to town from Michigan

So why did you listen to the kids at Union Pool?
Are they cool?
Do they make you think you're just so unsuitable

So why did you try to fit this caricature
The one you painted back in high school
Of that girl you dreamt to be when you left home

Nursing that hangover with a cup of coffee
You can see me walking by
Turn your head away 'cause you had nothing else to say
So you don't even try

But someday, maybe, we'll just get away
And you will say
This was just another phase in your life

Straightening your collar
'Cause you know without your father
You're just unemployed

Dancing on the weekends
Oh, you know you own those sequins
Kissing all the boys

You say you're an artist
But you know it's just another way
To fit the mold

Twenty different leggings
For that outfit you're perfecting
When it gets too cold

So why did you listen to the kids at Union Pool?
Are they cool?
Do they make you think you're just so unsuitable

So why did you try to fit this caricature
The one you painted back in high school
Of that girl you dreamt to be when you left home