daddy found an empty 12 pack in the trunk that got me and jimmy drunk the night i turned 17 he was mad as hell and yelled you coulda killed yourself or someone else if you’d wrapped that thing around a tree he said “you’re grounded for the summer and now those keys are mine” it didn’t feel like love at the time
but it was and he did and he was trying to put some sense into the head of a wild and reckless kid and i admit it was tough back then i didn’t recognize his punishment as love but it was
when that out of state acceptance letter came i held it to the flame and told beth i wouldn’t go i said i’d get a job in this saw mill town save some dough settle down and raise a family of our own well she cried and called me crazy and gave me back my ring and it didn’t sound like love to me
but it was and she did and she only wanted me to use my wings and sail off into the wind and i admit it was tough for a broken hearted boy to see her goodbye as love but it was
love has many faces and sometimes it takes years before we find the beauty past the pain and through the tears without it, there’s no telling just where on earth i’d be yeah, i thought love wasn’t always looking out for me