Treading Water

I met a girl in college
Never thought I could acknowledge
The real thing 'til I'm older
I keep the flame alive
Every day and every night
It's just what I owe her
After a year
We'll talk about our fears
Of moving to a new town
We've got our hopes and dreams
We've seen them on the silver screens
And in the records that we own

Can't find me at the function
'Cause I'm really up the junction
Up the creek across the pond
Treading water treading lightly

I told her that I loved her
To keep her one more summer
But I'm no ball and chain
She wants to be a writer
She'll be one I don't doubt her
This can never change
I dreamt of stadiums
And singing all my songs
To thousands who adore them
But I gave it up to be with you
I gave it all up so soon
And we were so in love then

Can't find me at the function
'Cause I'm really up the junction
Up the creek across the pond
Treading water treading lightly

So I left the music business
And she left me when I did it
'Cause I'm not the same man that she fell in love with
I bet she's having fun
With someone she can really love
'Cause what I am falls short of him
I work in coffee shops
And wedding gigs top off
My sorry budgeteering
One day a girl came in
And the perfume she was wearing
Reminded me of that girl I met in college

Can't find me at the function
'Cause I'm really up the junction
Up the creek across the pond
Treading water treading lightly