Do You Think of Us?

Barefoot walks

On hot concrete

Burning soles of tiny feet

All we wanted to do was get older

Pretty boys

At the swimming pool

Little whispers break the rules

Took 13 summers for it to get colder

But I can't forget your parents address or the smell of your room

Hard as I try it is etched in mind all the prank phone calls

Truth or dare afternoons

We'd put the sprinkler under the trampoline and jump til dusk

And I wonder every now and then, old friend, do you think of us

Sweaty palms and pointed toes

You fought for the crown and it showed

Good at looking at life like a big competition

He had glasses and a lisp

Didn't tell you my first kiss

Neither of us had learned quite yet how to listen

But I can't forget your parents address or the smell of your room

Hard as I try it is etched in mind all the prank phone calls

Truth or dare afternoons

We'd put the sprinkler under the trampoline and jump til dusk

And I wonder every now and then, old friend, do you think of us

Built brightness out of blankets when our own world was too gray

I've started typing messages but can't find the words to say

Growing up, growing apart, saved fragments of each other's hearts

Best friends forever dollar store gold chain

I'll find it in a storage box one day

Time keeps spinning castles into rain

But I'll never forget your parents address or the smell of your room

I don't know why but you're etched in mind all the prank phone calls

Truth or dare afternoons

The sprinkler under the trampoline is overgrown with rust

So I'm writing this to you, old friend

We don't have to talk too much

But I hope every now and then

You can smile when you think of us