Northern Towns

Where'd you learn to talk like that?

Let's go outside so I can see your breath

I wanna feel everything you've got to say

Tell me

You grew up tall and sturdy

Good set of shoulders, somebody's brother

And you don't wanna hurt me

But we'll probably end up without each other

These boys from northern towns

Could chew me up and spit me out

And I'd like the way it felt

Still wake up thinkin' about

These boys from northern towns

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Came up unpretentious

In 20th century, two-story houses

And it's hard not to miss him

He talks like the places that I was raised in

These boys from northern towns

Could chew me up and spit me out

And I'd like the way it felt

Still wake up thinkin' about

These boys from northern towns

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And these boys know better, they take whatever

I thought that I needed him, just tryin' to be like him

Walking home with my heart on his sleeves

I would keep it and leave if I knew how to be like these boys

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These boys from northern towns

Could chew me up and spit me out

And I'd like the way it felt

Still wake up thinkin' about

These boys from northern towns