the van

Ba-ba-da, ba-ba-da

Ba-ba-da, ba-ba-da-da

Ba-ba-da, ba-ba-da

Ba-ba-da, ba-ba-da-da

Left the house years ago

Here's the story of a kid in his shadow

He just didn't wanna be lonely

We started to fly, then she got sick

Pulled up and down and spun out real quick

He just didn't wanna be lonely

I pulled into a Wawa in Philly in 2000

Blue Magic coming from the speaker at the gas pump

All Jersey kids, we never learn to pump gas

So we sat there with the soundtrack

Now I'm on the way, in firehouse, glory days

Parked the van, spun through vehicle

Then those drive-thru years really went slow

Wawa lights in the rear view was making it

We parked the van, we turned the van

That's the story 'bout kids and their shadows

Who just didn't wanna be lonely

That's why I still sing

Glory to the ones who know the van, oh, oh, oh

Glory to the ones on the edge

I just don't wanna be lonely, I just don't wanna be

I think some of us needed to chip away what we don't understand

Slowly combing over it

Slowly getting under it

'Cause there's no getting over it

So we drove back from the west with our new religion

One-way tickets in heart and in hand

Said fuck anything in my way, this is forever now

And just like that, everything changed (cut off the lights)

I just don't wanna be lonely (that's the thing about loving your shadow)

I just don't wanna be

Years from then, I left the house

Saw her standing on a rooftop

She said, "I just don't wanna be lonely" (I just don't wanna be)

I said, "I just don't wanna be lonely" (I just don't wanna be)

She said, "I just don't wanna be lonely"