On the Stand

It’s late on a Sunday, you call from the bar So I drive for an hour just to be where you are And when we kiss on the corner, just like I was waiting for I whisper, ‘I can’t love you so don’t ask me for more’ I thought you knew I thought that when I told you You saw the words fall from my hands Didn’t we have fun Didn’t we have something So why do I feel like I’m on the stand Don’t judge me, don’t judge me You’ll always know exactly where I stand Been months since I’ve seen you, I’m hitting my stride Spots me on the dance floor, she takes me aside ‘You broke his heart, you know you broke his heart’ she calls And I want to insist, ‘No, the night that we kissed I told him that I couldn’t fall’ Oh I thought he knew I thought that when I told you You saw the words fall from my hands Didn’t we have fun Didn’t we have something So why do I feel like I’m on the stand Don’t judge me, don’t judge me You’ll always know exactly where I stand Don’t judge me, don’t judge me Don’t judge me, don’t judge me You’ll always know exactly where I stand Near on years of silence, and some fumbled repairs I see you some evening, and god, it’s all there The way you tell stories and I can’t look away I’ll always love you, I just couldn’t stay Oh I thought you knew I thought that when I told you You saw the words fall from my hands Didn’t we have fun Didn’t we have something But then I went and ruined all your plans Think of me, think of me You’ll always know exactly where I stand