Northsiders

I was new in town, kinda goth
 I met you in the science quad
 You asked if I had any pot
 We're going up to Mikey's spot
 
 Covering important ground
 I tried cocaine in my cousin's house
 Yeah, I'm probably addicted now
 The things that children lie about
 I didn't notice it was getting late
 You offered me a place to stay
 We live up in the palisades
 You tell your folks you ran away
 Besides, you're a Northsider now
 Nothing's going to change it, pal
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 We were so pretentious then
 Didn't trust the government
 Said that we were communists
 And thought that we invented it
 Morrissey apologists
 Amateur psychologists
 Serial monogamists
 We went to different colleges
 But you said that we would always be
 Branches on the same old tree
 Reaching away from each other for eternity
 And you know I can't argue with that
 Nothing's going to change it now
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 We could have had one last hurrah
 When I was working in the smoothie shop
 But I couldn't get the weekend off
 She told me I was getting soft
 I read an article about the accident
 Probably reaching for cigarettes
 And missed the brake lights up ahead
 I hope it was an instant death
 Sometimes I imagine us way down the line
 Getting fat somewhere in the countryside
 It's crazy how things shake out sometimes
 But maybe that's enough magic for me
 Nothing's going to change it now