Passenger Seat

Verse 1

You were there for Tyler Matthews God, we don’t say that name You drove me home from his apartment While I cried the whole damn way

You never said “I told you so” Though you absolutely could Just handed me your french fries Which is how I knew we were good

Chorus

You’ve been riding in my passenger seat Since neither one of us knew how to drive Through bad tattoos and worse decisions And every almost-love of my life You know which stories not to tell And which ones get better every year Everybody needs somebody Who remembers how they got here

I’m glad mine’s sitting next to me.

Verse 2

I held your hair in college You held my hand at twenty-three When the doctor called your father You called me before your family

We’ve gone six months without talking Then picked up mid-sentence somehow There’s nobody else on earth Who knows every version of me till now

Chorus

You’ve been riding in my passenger seat Since neither one of us knew how to drive Through bad tattoos and worse decisions And every almost-love of my life You know which stories not to tell And which ones get better every year Everybody needs somebody Who remembers how they got here

I’m glad mine’s sitting next to me.

Bridge

Someday you’ll have babies Maybe I’ll have some too We’ll swear we’re nothing like our mothers Then hear them when we talk

And when we’re eighty If they let us keep the keys You better still be telling me I’m following too close.

Final Chorus

You’ll be riding in my passenger seat When neither one of us should probably drive We’ll have good stories, bad knees And way too much advice You’ll know which parts I misremember I’ll say your version isn’t right Everybody needs somebody Who remembers every life they’ve lived

I’m glad I got you for all of mine.