Bad Boy Warning

Leather jacket

Crooked grin

Says my name

Like it’s a dare I can’t win

Late night buzzing on my phone again

“I’m outside

Come on

Let me in”

He tastes like trouble

I know it

Red flags waving

I show it

Tell myself “girl

Just go home”

But I’m already gone

He’s a bad boy

Warning on his face

Every line rehearsed

But my heart still chases

He laughs

I fall

Like I don’t know the game

He’ll break my heart

And I’ll take the blame

Bad boy

Bad choice

And I still stay

Tell my friends I’m fine

Then I sneak his way

He’s a bad boy

Burning up my good girl grace

Drives too fast

Music loud

One hand on the wheel

One hand pulling me close now

Says he’s “trying”

But he hates that word

Promises fall

Like ashes on his shirt

I see the lies

In his late replies

Smell perfume

That is not mine

Every sign says

“run

Don’t walk”

But I still pick up when he calls

He’s a bad boy

Warning on his face

Every line rehearsed

But my heart still chases

He laughs

I fall

Like I don’t know the game

He’ll break my heart

And I’ll take the blame

Bad boy

Bad choice

And I still stay

Tell my friends I’m fine

Then I sneak his way

He’s a bad boy

Burning up my good girl grace

Maybe I like the heartbreak

Just a little

Drawing hearts

Around our names in the middle

Of a page I’ll tear out

When it’s done

But tonight

I just want his tongue-tied “love”

He’s a bad boy

Warning on his face

Every line rehearsed

But my heart still chases

He laughs

I fall

Like I don’t know the game

He’ll break my heart

And I’ll take the blame

Bad boy

Bad choice

And I still stay

Tell my friends I’m done

Then I call next day

He’s a bad boy

And I love the way it aches