Broken Smile

You're the girl with the broken smile
I can see you've cried for long, long while
and I'm sittin' here tryin' to think of a reason why
Why you should be mine

I stayed up late tryin' to think of ways
to ask you out the very next day
I knew I'd see you there, with that long, blonde hair
But talk to you I just couldn't dare

Just thinkin' of you makes me feel chills
You'd have to kill me to make my heart sit still
I want you to know how you make me feel
But when you're near my lips just seal
My mouth runs dry and my words fade away
Nothing I could do but ask you to stay
But you just kept on walkin' by

"It's over now and you're too late"
Those words you said made my heart break
I don't know why I made you turn away
I'd give the whole world up for just one more day

You're the girl with the broken smile
and I'm the guy that has no style
I'm sittin' here with my pains all day
Tryin' to drink them all away
You'll be the one to find me here
Barely awake and able to hear
Then you'll ask "Baby, are you okay?"
You're voice chokin' you'll beg me to stay
You just didn't know I'd die

"It's over now and you're too late"
My last words will never fade
You won't know why I chose this fate
I gave up the world just to spite the next day

And now you're the girl with the broken smile
and you won't be seein' me for a long, long while
You'll be standin' there watchin' 'em put me in the ground
My coffin hittin' dirt must be an awful sound

Tears will run down your beautiful face
Try as you might you can't erase
Cryin's the only sound you'll make
Hell, you would probably even miss my wake

Maybe when I'm gone you'll finally see
you meant the whole wide world to me
If I can't have you in my arms
I don't want to live and feel the harm
This life I'm given means nothin' to me
If you're not the first I wake to see
So this is goodbye, at least for now
I've had my applause and took my bow
I would have run mile after painful mile
just to get a chance to fix that broken smile