Before We're Gone

I spent six months on the road

watching the trees through the window

singin' my songs to packed-in shows

girls fill the whole front row, oh

but it don't mean a thing

the scene's insane on the low

bathroom stalls packed full of snow

anything you want is yours and the go

suicide girls at the door, oh

but it don't mean a thing

if you're not here

if you're not here

but it don't mean a thing

I'm in a brand-new Cadillac

the engine purrs the paint spills black

rollin' with homies who don't know how to act

and we all got our seats pushed back

but it don't mean a thing

if you're not here!

this ain't another love song

I'm trying to figure out what's right or wrong

before we're gone, oh

let's stand outside of all regret

and share another cigarette

before we're gone, oh

it seems the party never ends

hundred dollar tab bill, so-called friends

they promise and smile and laugh and pretend

that they all wanna share the syringe, oh-h

but it don't mean a thing

I sing this song from inside

behind all the walls, behind all the pride

for fear that I'll never realize that you are the prize

and it don't mean a thing

if you're not here

this ain't another love song

I'm trying to figure out what's right or wrong

before we're gone, oh-h

let's stand outside of all regret and share another

cigarette

before we're gone, oh-h

you go ahead and reapply your chapstick

me, I'm gonna take my last sip

before we're gone

you run ahead and call shotgun

I don't, and then you frown and say I'm not fun

before we're gone

before we're gone.