Northern Towns

Where'd you learn to talk like that?
Let's go outside so I can see your breath
I wanna feel everything you've got to say
Tell me

You grew up tall and sturdy
Good set of shoulders, somebody's brother
And you don't wanna hurt me
But we'll probably end up without each other

These boys from northern towns
Could chew me up and spit me out
And I'd like the way it felt
Still wake up thinkin' about
These boys from northern towns

Came up unpretentious
In 20th century, two-story houses
And it's hard not to miss him
He talks like the places that I was raised in

These boys from northern towns
Could chew me up and spit me out
And I'd like the way it felt
Still wake up thinkin' about
These boys from northern towns

And these boys know better, they take whatever
I thought that I needed him, just tryin' to be like him
Walking home with my heart on his sleeves
I would keep it and leave if I knew how to be like these boys

These boys from northern towns
Could chew me up and spit me out
And I'd like the way it felt
Still wake up thinkin' about
These boys from northern towns