Goodbye, Boy

No, boy, I won’t introduce you To my father at the door He doesn’t shake hands gently He’s broken hearts before No, boy, my mother won’t invite you For Sunday afternoon tea She can read a man in seconds And she already read you in me They say you’re charming, reckless, wild The kind of story girls adore But I’ve seen how those stories end And I don’t want that anymore Goodbye, boy, goodbye You don’t fit my skyline You look good in the rearview But you were never mine Goodbye, boy, goodbye I won’t cross that line If everyone says you’re wrong for me For once, I think they’re right You like the danger in my voice The way I never fold But you don’t know the kind of fire That raised me in this cold My father doesn’t scare easily My mother doesn’t pretend And I don’t bring home broken things Just to try and fix again You’d smile through the questions Play polite and act sincere But some men aren’t meant To step inside my atmosphere Goodbye, boy, goodbye You’re smoke against my sky You’d burn fast in my world And I don’t need another lie Goodbye, boy, goodbye No tears, no fight If they say you’re not for me This time, they might be right It’s not that I don’t want you It’s not that I don’t care It’s just I see the ending Before we even get there And I’ve outgrown the chaos The thrill of almost-love You’re the type I used to want But I’ve had enough Goodbye, boy, goodbye Close the door behind You were fun for the evening But not for my whole life Goodbye, boy, goodbye You don’t pass the line They said you weren’t for me And this time, I agree