Verse 1
We don’t talk like we used to
Which sounds worse than it is
You’ve got work, I’ve got somewhere
We keep meaning to exist
There are birthdays I remembered
Three days after they were gone
Messages I read at midnight
Then forgot to answer by dawn
But I still know how you take it
Two sugars, hardly any cream
And you still know when I’m lying
From the way I say, “I’m fine,” too clean
Pre-Chorus
Maybe growing up is mostly
Losing track and making room
But you never need a reason
If you’re ever in town
Chorus
If you’re ever in town
Come over
Don’t knock, you know the code
Bring whoever you’re in love with
Or come completely on your own
There’s a bottle in the kitchen
There’s a couch that folds back down
We don’t have to make a weekend of it
If you’re ever in town
Verse 2
You can tell me who got married
Who got weird and who moved west
I’ll pretend I knew already
You’ll say, “Sure you did,” and laugh
We’ll talk over one another
Like we never lost the habit
Order way too much for dinner
Then complain about the traffic
And somewhere around eleven
One of us will finally say
“God, why don’t we do this more?”
Like we don’t know anyway
Pre-Chorus
Life gets big in stupid places
Calendars and different rooms
Still, you never need an invite
If you’re ever in town
Chorus
If you’re ever in town
Come over
Don’t knock, you know the code
Bring whoever you’re in love with
Or come completely on your own
There’s a bottle in the kitchen
There’s a couch that folds back down
We don’t have to make a weekend of it
If you’re ever in town
Bridge
I don’t need to know your Tuesday
To know exactly who you are
Don’t need every little update
To know where we left off
Some people need a keeping
Some just need an open door
Maybe we got old enough
To know the difference now
And if six months turns to twelve months
If twelve turns into more
You’re still the one I’d call
If everything went wrong
And probably if everything went right
Final Chorus
If you’re ever in town
Come over
Stay an hour, stay till two
Tell me everything that happened
And the parts that happened to you
We’ll make breakfast out of leftovers
Sleep too late, forget the plans
Then hug too long out by the driveway
Like neither one of us quite can
Say when we’ll do it all again
So don’t make promises
Don’t check dates
Don’t turn it into something grand
Just—
If you’re ever in town
You know where I am
Outro
And if I’m ever in yours
Save me a chair.
