Last year, I drank a lot
I drank til I fell down
Last year, I smoked a lot
Til my lungs turned brown
Last year, I crawled in circles
This year, I m climbing up clouds, clouds
I don t know where I went wrong
I was lost, now I m found, now you re gone, gone
Cause I m not a saint but I can paint myself into a better picture
One day, you ll see me in a big, golden frame and it ll hit you
Last year, I promised myself I d stop writing songs about girls
But you re a woman
Last year, I let you down
And I know I should have been around instead of drinking in town
Last year, I was a little boy
Now I feel like a young man, so many plans
I don t know where I went wrong
I was lost, now I m found, now you re gone, gone
Two, three, four
Cause I m not a saint but I can paint myself into a better picture
One day, you ll see me in a big, golden frame and it ll hit you
So let s call it even, we ve got something to believe in and you know this
You know this is true
I m talking to you so don t cut me out
I know you ve got doubts but don t be too hasty and waste me like I m wasting myself
I m sorry for last year
I understand you and I read you like a book
And I know why you think that you ve got to do this
You think these are all just empty words made pretty with my guitar
Thinking that there s no way that I could ever prove this
You re holding on to the past but it won t last
Cause I know that I can make you laugh and smile
And I know that I can make all this pain worthwhile
We ll take it slow but if you want to move fast, I m at your pace
And I know this sounds crazy but you know you amaze me
I ll never be lazy unless it s to be lazy with you
I don t know where I went wrong
I was lost, now I m found, now you re gone, gone
Cause I m not a saint but I can paint myself into a better picture
One day, you ll see me in a big, golden frame and it ll hit you
So let s call it even, we ve got something to believe in and you know this
You know this is true
I m talking to you so don t cut me out
I know you ve got doubts but don t be too hasty and waste me like I m wasting myself
I m sorry for last year
Guess I ll see you around
You don t know how much I m going to prove myself to you
With or without