Play the songs I like to hear
I'm only here for so long
I can't be wasting my time
I have a crush on a girl
She'll probably never know me
I can't be wasting my time alone waiting for you
Oh oh, hold me while you can
The house is in my dreams, but I can't get that old yet
Oh, oh, hold me while you can
I'm taking it all with me 'cause tomorrow I'll be the same
But soon you'll know my mind and not me
And I hope that I remember me
As the one I want myself to be
Say the words I like to hear, a crumpled paper virtue
I can't be wasting my mind
I wave the wind right through me
But only the poetry, sweetly and silently oh
So don't go wasting my mind on you
Oh, oh, hold me while you can
The house is not my home
A dream set up to be, I'm old enough to hold it
Oh, oh, hold me while you can
I'm taking it all with me 'cause tomorrow I'll be the same
But soon you'll know my mind and not me
And I hope that I remember me
As the one I want myself to be
I had a dream, I'm remembering it was
Short like my sleeves in September
The house I had seen belonged to me
I was older now
But I wasn't me anymore
In my house by the shore
In my house by the shore
But I wasn't me like I had been before
The side of the street, in my house by the shore
But I wasn't me like I had been before
The side of the street, in my house by the shore