Tough Love

I took a train to Boston and I wanted to cry

He's gone, I'm twenty-four, and it's a Saturday night

I ran and took his jacket with the rip in the side

I hate when we fight, sucks when we fight

But, honestly, whatever, he's just one of the boys

I'll date for like a summer, and I'll leave when I'm bored

This train is full of strangers, but I might like 'em more

Said I might like 'em more, yeah, no, I like 'em more

And that's just tough love

But I mean it, really mean it

I'm not charmed, so I'm leavin'

I laughed the second he tried to call my bluff

I guess it's always funny until it's not

When I left him there to feel it

Couldn't guess what I'd be leavin' for

No chance I waste my twenties on random men

Not one of them is cooler than all my friends

And I hate to leave him bleedin'

But I know now what I'm leavin' for

I'm walkin' by the river and I stop by the boats

At night, it's kinda temptin' just to see if you'd float

The benches by the Charles gave me somewhere to go

I feel like I'm home, there's a bar down the road

I'm wasted with the sister of a boy that I met

Through someone back in college, she's a weird intellect

She liked to tell the truth, and she was harsh but direct

Her boyfriends all left, she had that effect

But that's just tough love

And you're lucky to receive it, right?

He'll crumble to pieces

I laughed the second he tried to call my bluff

I guess it's always funny until it's not

When I left him there in pieces

Couldn't guess what I'd be leavin' for

No chance I waste my twenties on random men

Not one of them is smarter than all my friends

And I hate to leave him bleedin'

But I know now what I'm leavin' for

Ooh

Oh, I know now what I'm leavin' for

Hmm

Oh, I know now what I'm leavin'

No, I'm not gonna miss the way he'd kick me in my bed while sleepin'

And I'm not gonna miss his shitty friends and nights of their binge-drinkin'

And I'm not gonna miss his old inflated ego, shallow thinkin'

And I'm not gonna miss denyin' that I've got my own damn reasons

I laughed the second he tried to call my bluff

I guess it's always funny until it's not

When I left him there to feel it

Couldn't guess what I'd be leavin' for

No chance I waste my twenties on random men

Not one of them is tougher than all my friends

And I hate to leave him bleedin'

But I know now what I'm leavin' for