The Boy Never Stays

He's the first taste of something you shouldn't have

He's the first lie you tell to your mom and dad

He's the reason you love the smell of Polo and peppermint

He's the lips that taught you how to kiss

He's the reason you know how to drive a stick

He's the last time you ever felt innocent

It's the scene from a Saturday matinee

It's the song that remembers those summer days

Even if that cowboy rides away real slow

The boy never stays

And the love never goes

He's the reason Ferris wheels make you sad

He's a box full of taped of photographs

He's the feeling that always feels like

Seventeen

He's a name that you'll hardly ever hear

He's a face that you haven't seen in years

That you'll meet up once in a while

In your dreams

It's the scene from a Saturday matinee

It's the song that remembers those summer days

Even if that cowboy rides away real slow

The boy never stays

And the love never goes

You never fall quite the same again

After the first time

Forever ends

It's the scene from a Saturday matinee

It's the song that remembers those summer days

Even if that cowboy rides away real slow

The boy never stays

And the love never goes

Oh the love never goes

He's the first taste of something you shouldn't have

He's the first lie you tell to your mom and dad