(Sometimes in our lives)
(We all have pain)
(We all have sorrow)
(But if we are wise)
(We know that there’s always tomorrow)
(Lean on me)
(When you’re not strong)
(And I’ll be your friend)
(I’ll help you carry on, for)

Lemme take y’all back man, smooth soulful shit
You are now listening to a Rattleback Record
(Please, swallow your pride)
This that Friday evenings at camp, end of the dance type shit man
Young and romantic

Okay, met you that summer, need you this winter
Think we could be lovers, you were always pretty
Said I wanna spend my time like it’s bills being with her
It’s been a rough year, December getting so chilly

We started talkin again, been distant friends for a minute
Always had a thing for you, it’s things I’m still wishing
You sending hints, I could sense it, this’ll be different
I’m telling Ryan to drive us to go and pay you a visit
We pull up to Rattleback at your shift in our backpacks
Come inside, and you checking me out, I can’t get past that
You left the vinyl out for me in front of the other ones
And I cannot front like you just one of the other ones

So I walk around and browse for bout an hour, too nervous to say
How I like to feel your eyes on me when I look away
Until I’m caught in your gaze, contact making my chest skip
I put it all on the record, let you register this

What a beautiful day
Now what’s next? Oh yeah (Please)

Now I’m wishing you (Call me)
I been waiting for you (Call me)
Right here, if you need a friend
I’m right where I’ve been (Please)
I wish you would (Call me)
Go ahead and just (Call me)
Right now, if you need a friend
I’m right where I’ve been (Please, swallow your pride)

In the open, and I’m hoping you finally see it
Back when I was young, 17 and naive
That sweet shit, you know

Okay, lost you that winter, missed you last summer
Moved cross country like back when I was a runner
Fore I ever broke or sold a record, just manifesting
I’m selling you what you used to be at that store selling
And it’s just the way you left it, 'cept missing your presence
So I want my albums filling them shelves for you forever
Paying a different price, when did it get so expensive
Swiping my mental debit, and likely I’ll be in debt soon
Despite this, I hope you know I could never forget you
Cause I remember everything you said, and how I felt it then
So lately home’s been feeling a little emptier in my head
Selflessly empathetic, don’t care if it goes against me
My friends tell me I’m misled, but I never seen to regret it
Because above all the rest, I really hope you’re doing better
I got so many stories that I really wanna tell you
If you ever come around, you still got my cell and
Damn, and what? Oh, I know (Please)

I wish you would (Call me)
I’m only one away (Call me)
To this day, if you need a friend
You know where I’ve been (Please)
I wish you would (Call me)
Go ahead and just (Call me)
Always, if you need a friend
I’m right where you left (Please, swallow your pride)

How much can change in a year or two’s time
Now I’m only 19 but it’s older in my mind, of course
It's beautiful, you gotta love it
This that Northernplayalistic shit man, in a Jeep funky music
You know it's Chi Town, I don't even gotta say it anymore
Driving round, homebound
So much love for my hometown and the sun already going down
This sounds like Lake Shore Drive, or the end credits to the movie but
The movie's just beginning so...I don't know about that
Imma bump this on the way to Rattleback, they gotta lemme perform there
Imagine this in the store...just let that record spin, play it out

(Please, swallow your pride)
(Call me, call me)
(Please)

We dancing around it in circles
We dancing around it in circles
We dancing around it in circles
We dancing and dancing 
We dancing around it in circles
We dancing around it in circles
We dancing around it in circles
We dancing and dancing
We dancing around it in circles
We dancing around it in circles
We dancing around it in circles
We dancing and dancing 
We dancing around it in circles
We dancing around it in circles
We dancing around it in circles
We dancing and dancing

It’s never too late for us
At least the dance we deserve
I see the street lights still on for it
It’s got no curfew after dark, still out
Somehow I know I’ll see you after this
Pure delusion, I don’t know how
I just know we’ll share that same glance
Don’t be a stranger, you’re not a stranger
I know you know me, I know you know I know you
Cause I still call you by your whole name
And it sounds so sweet to my tongue taste
I mean...it tastes so sweet to the sound, wait
Still taking care of it since you been away
So much history can’t be thrown away
Holding a piece of me, better keep it safe
I’m sorry I get too excited, for your loving
I miss you more than ever, darling
I hope the world's been blessing you
Wherever it’s holding you now
No matter how long you been out, I know
You’ll always have a place here
With me and mine, deep inside
It will be alright
Everything’s alright
It's gonna be alright if it's not already alright, you know
Oh whoa, oh whoa, oh whoa
Ohhh, oh whoa, whoa
That's it