Now mama I know it seems that the stories never change
When the one you come to love, becomes the one that got away
Skipping stones on your window pane, in the pouring rain
With a boombox over my head, tell me, isn't it strange
You go and share your heart, that alone is hard
And even though it's scarred, you go and dust it off
Trying to hold on, hold fast
Yelling no jack, come back
Screaming no jack, don't go
But poor jack, he floats away
And then we turn the page
Now darlin' I know that love can be so difficult
Take you towards the skies or leave you miserable
We could fall, get scrapes on our knees
Or we could risk it all, play this little game for keeps
I could engrave you, here on my side
Frolic through the cemetery, call 'em killer nights
We could be foolish, and let it slip away
But I'd rather check our baggage in and play the lava games
Cause all that I, ever wanted
Were, those eyes
To be beside me there when I woke
Cause they're inside every single song I wrote
And I can't lie
Must confess, my only crime
Is that I'd give up the music and the stage
To jump up, up on the couch with you
And play the lava games
Cause all that I, ever wanted
Were, those eyes
To be beside me there when I woke
Cause they're inside every single song I wrote
And I can't lie
Must confess, my only crime
Is that I'd give up the music and the stage
To jump up, up on the couch with you
And play the lava games