Single at 26
Verse 1
You walk in like a Friday night hurricane warning
Boots on the floorboards, whole room turning
Bartender forgets what he was reaching for
Half the county lining up by the door
But you smile like somebody just passing through
Like you already know what every line’s gonna do
There’s a little black crack running through your gold
Like a secret you ain’t ever told
Pre-Chorus
Everybody wants you
Nobody stays
That’s a strange little weather pattern, babe
Chorus
Single at twenty-six
Looking like a sunset crossed with dynamite sticks
Kiss like a matchbook, eyes like smoke
Got a couple exes that don’t joke
Yeah you laugh like there’s nothing wrong
Dance like you already heard the song
I ain’t saying love don’t exist
I’m just wondering how a girl like this
Gets to single at twenty-six
Verse 2
You know every word to the sad Tom Petty tracks
But you disappear halfway through the slow dance
Sometimes you lean in like you’re fixing to stay
Then your whole soul drifts about five states away
There’s a silver chain hanging loose on your neck
Like you forgot what it was supposed to connect
And every guy here’s got some theory or two
But none of ’em sound quite true
Pre-Chorus
Maybe you’re waiting
Maybe you ran
Maybe somebody got there before any man could
Chorus
Single at twenty-six
Little bit heaven, little bit apocalypse
Phone lighting up but you let it ring
Like you owe absolutely nothing
Yeah you move through this town so strange
Like a fire that don’t leave no change
I can’t tell if you’re broken or fixed
But girl, how’re you still
Single at twenty-six?
Bridge
Maybe you got tired of being looked at that way
Maybe forever came and left one day
Maybe you’re the kind that people almost know
Like a radio station fading in and out slow
Final Chorus
Single at twenty-six
Sitting there cool as a cigarette kiss
Blue jean halo, dangerous grin
Looking like the trouble trouble gets in
And when I ask if there’s anybody else
You just raise your glass to yourself
Like the answer’s somewhere I missed
Yeah, what’s your deal, babe?
Single at twenty-six
