Betty, I won’t make assumptionsAbout why you switched your homeroom butI think it’s ’cause of meBetty, one time I was riding on my skateboardWhen I passed your houseIt’s like I couldn’t breatheYou heard the rumors from InezYou can’t believe a word she saysMost times, but this time it was trueThe worst thing that I ever didWas what I did to youBut if I just showed up at your partyWould you have me?Would you want me?Would you tell me to go fuck myself?Or lead me to the garden?In the garden would you trust meIf I told you it was just a summer thing?I’m only seventeen, I don’t know anythingBut I know I miss youBetty, I know where it all went wrongYour favorite song was playingFrom the far side of the gymI was nowhere to be foundI hate the crowds, you know thatPlus, I saw you dance with himYou heard the rumors from InezYou can’t believe a word she saysMost times, but this time it was trueThe worst thing that I ever didWas what I did to youBut if I just showed up at your partyWould you have me?Would you want me?Would you tell me to go fuck myself?
Or lead me to the garden?In the garden would you trust meIf I told you it was just a summer thing?I’m only seventeen, I don’t know anythingBut I know I miss youI was walking home on broken cobblestonesJust thinking of youWhen she pulled up likeA figment of my worst intentionsShe said “James, get in, let’s drive”Those days turned into nightsSlept next to her, butI dreamt of you all summer longBetty, I’m here on your doorstepAnd I planned it out for weeks nowBut it’s finally sinkin’ inBetty, right now is the last timeI can dream about what happens whenYou see my face againThe only thing I wanna doIs make it up to youSo I showed up at your partyYeah, I showed up at your partyYeah, I showed up at your partyWill you have me?Will you love me?Will you kiss me on the porchIn front of all your stupid friends?If you kiss me, will it be just like I dreamed it?Will it patch your broken wings?I’m only seventeen, I don’t know anythingBut I know I miss youStanding in your cardiganKissin’ in my car againStopped at a streetlightYou know I miss you