[Verse 1]
He wears a tie with a missing knot
One shoe gone, one eye a lot
Stamped up arms and a crooked grin
He lurches in like he’s invited in
She’s got peaches in her lunchbox lid
And a laugh that cracks the room wide open, kid
He don’t just stare, he don’t just creep
He calls her up when the night runs deep
[Pre-Chorus]
He says, “Baby, I’m half undone”
But he still runs fast when he hears her come
Cold hands, warm heart, rotten and true
There’s a whole wide world he wants with you
[Chorus]
Not just your brain, not just your brain
He wants your jokes, your boots, your rain
Not just your brain, not just your brain
He loves the mess you make again
(Not just your brain)
He loves the whole of you
[Verse 2]
She finds him waiting by the chain-link fence
Holding one wildflower and common sense
He forgets his lines, he drops his jaw
But he knows her name, and he knows it raw
She likes his shuffle, his awkward charm
The way he tucks his cold hand in her arm
He’s got old dirt under every nail
Still he learns her stories and he never fails
[Pre-Chorus]
He says, “Baby, I’m built all wrong”
But he hums along to her favorite song
Dead or not, he’s got devotion too
There’s a whole wide world he wants with you
[Chorus]
Not just your brain, not just your brain
He wants your jokes, your boots, your rain
Not just your brain, not just your brain
He loves the mess you make again
(Not just your brain)
He loves the whole of you
[Bridge]
He don’t need lightning, he don’t need spells
He needs your hand when the hour bell swells
If the moon comes up and the town gets weird
He’ll pick your heart like he picked up cheer
[Final Chorus]
Not just your brain, not just your brain
He wants your jokes, your boots, your rain
Not just your brain, not just your brain
He loves the mess you make again
(Not just your brain)
He loves the whole of you
(Not just your brain)
He loves the whole of you