We Were Girls

LAX, and the sun's asleep
Four girls in brand new cities
All at once, I feel it hit me
I'm scared to know what just two years could change
What if when they see me, it won't feel the same?

Watch the fields turn to quilts, my heart's still in your pocket
I'm coming home, this place we built's my favorite

Flying pigtails in the front of our lawns
Four leaf clovers, Valentine cards
You were there the day my innocence died
We were girls, we had the time of our lives
Replacing cuss words in our favorite songs
Bringing them back when the grown ups were gone
We were eight, sixteen, twenty three
We were girls together

Now we drive down Willow Street
You're telling me about your family
And an ex you thought you'd marry
It's a bittersweet feeling, knowing you have what you need
When all of your memories feel like a movie to me

Watch the fields start to blur, one look brings me right back
Life's for loving you, I'm sure of that

Flying pigtails in the front of our lawns
Four leaf clovers, Valentine cards
You were there the day my innocence died
We were girls, we had the time of our lives
Replacing cuss words in our favorite songs
Bringing them back when the grown ups were gone
We were eight, sixteen, twenty three
We were girls together

Say you remember
Playing dance captains for the day
I know your first crush's first and last name
You remember, I know you remember
I remember your cursive heart over your i's
You remember the first time I broke down and cried
You held me instead of lying that it would get better
I wrote in my diary I would love you forever

Flying pigtails
Four leaf clovers
You were there
We were girls, we were girls
We can't go back and we've lost too much
We know it's always the four of us
We are eight, sixteen, twenty three
We were girls together, you and me