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