Lyrics

Outside The Lines

I followed you the other day
Took me ten blocks out of my way
But I didn?t mind at all
You were trying hard to look so mean
Clutching your Home magazine
So I laughed and then you saw
Can you smile?
There?s something I want you to know
I went without a face
And tried to look for you in unknown places
Where I knew no one at all
And as the day stretched into years
I became best friends with my worst fears
I was hopeless and so small
And I tried, tried, tried
To be someone I thought you should know
That?s why
I take my life
Outside the lines
It?s taken me a long, long time
To move beyond a child?s life
And start feeling like a man
Your pretty face inspired me
To mow your lawn and rake your leaves
If I only knew your name
But you?re fine, fine, fine
You?ll never let your coffee get cold
For your sweet, cream high
I?d take my life
Outside the lines
Now, I?ve followed you through Don?t Walk signs
And crossed outside the yellow lines
But you never notice me
And I don?t care what my friends say
I might jay walk my life away
To prove that I?m for real
And sometime
When the red lights start making you blind
For your tired eyes
I?ll take my life
Outside the lines