In our wild and reckless teenage summer nights
Honey, we owned this town with high beams shining up our backs
We were gonna take to the streets and run to California
I was gonna marry you and never let you down
Looking back we could've done a few things better
Cause we cut ourselves up far too many times
And my heart went off like the end of the Fourth of July
On the night you said you fell into his arms
I'da bought you every light in New York City
I'd a stolen every last star from the sky
But we lost our love at sixteen
And now I don't know where to find you—
Maybe in some stranger's car
Trying just to make it through the night
There were nights, honey, I swear I nearly died
You had me tearing myself apart on the kitchen floor
And I was bleeding out of every vein exposed
Painting all the tiles from white to red
I'da bought you every light in New York City
I'd a stolen every last star from the sky
But we lost our love at sixteen
And now I don't know where to find you—
In the back seat of a stranger's car
Trying to find yourself a better life
How will we get to California now?