Pick You Up

You were sitting in the dark the Gord Downie pier
You had a Belmont cigarette tucked behind your left ear
I was a hot teenage mess with something to prove
And I overdosed on confidence, walked over to you

I drank all your Jamo, smoked all your smokes
Strummed your guitar, told some bad jokes
Swimming in the water in the dead of the night
When I climbed out you were gone

I got a job tending bar at a place downtown
When you were done waiting tables you would stick around
Listening to sad songs on Monday nights
When no one else would come in for hours

Nothing good happens after 2am
You'd catch a cab back to the North End again
You told me you'd moved back into your mama's place
You wanna buy your own house you wanna save

Your tip outs and paychecks to pay off your student loan
You went to college for five years ago
You told me you were so scared to study again
And end up in a job that you hate

So let me pick you up
We can drive out to the West End
Listen to your favourite songs
You can cry about your old friends
And all the people that you loved then
We can share each other's heartbreak
Pour over all the stupid mistakes we made
Back in the summer heat of teenage those days

A shot of irish courage, ask you out for a drink
I always panic and overthink
My legs start shaking, I wanna throw up
A stranger had to calm me down

It's uncharted territory for us both
We each had someone else not too long long ago
We down another double, we're out of place
And the bouncer starts looking our way

Regulars give you unwelcome advice
I'm a thousand miles away
They won't say it twice
To my face when I come to punch the clock again
They're sitting piss drunk at the bar

So let me pick you up
We can drive out to the West End
Listen to your favourite songs
And you can cry about your old friends
And all the people who we loved then
Share each others heartbreak
Pour over all the stupid mistakes we made
In the summer heat of teenage those days

I get nervous
I hope you don't notice
But I can't control it
I wish I could

I get nervous
Hoping you don't notice
I can't control it
I wish I could

When I pick you up
We can drive out to the West End
Turn up all the sad songs
Forget about your old friends
And all the people who you loved then
Let go of my heartbreak
Forget about the stupid mistakes we made
In the summer heat of teenage those days

The summer heat of teenage, those days
The summer heat of teenage, those days
The summer heat of teenage, those days
The summer heat of teenage