[Verse 1]
"I have nothing to say to you"
Then he hung up the phone
Does it make me an optimist
Or just stupid for trying at all?

Driving sixty through Wynnewood
And you're high as a kite
Plus you talk with your hands a lot
And you almost ran through a light

[Chorus]
I was holding out for you
Every time, you let me down

[Verse 2]
Picked me up in your Volvo
We just sat on my street
Couldn't get all the words out
So you started yelling at me

Broke my heart in the hallway
As my teacher walked by
Went to the stairwell to call my mom
"Can you pick me up before I die?"
[Chorus]
I was holding out for you
Every time you let me down

[Bridge]
Getting too high
In your moms office
Walking thе streets like nobody would notice
Fight in the pharmacy
Buying his condoms
Somеone you knew at the register saw us

I was a child
And you were just damaged
Brought me along just to say that you managed
To love a nice girl
Not end up like your parents
But really we all mirror them in the end

It's funny
If it's not, then I'll start crying
So it's funny
If it's not, then I'll start crying

[Outro]
I was holding out for you
Every time you let me down
I was holding out for you
Every time you let me down
Mmmm