Should Have Been You and I

Verse 1

We were seventeen in the parking lot

Your jacket smelled like rain and cherry coke

I walked you home past the railroad track

You laughed at every dumb joke I told

Then the summer took you west

And I stayed behind

Guess we both just let it slide

Pre-Chorus

Funny how a heart keeps holding on

To a name it never should have lost

Chorus

It should have been you

It should have been me

Two kids on a front porch

Too young to see

That love don't always get a second try

But baby I still know

It should have been you and I

Verse 2

Saw your picture on a friend's feed

Different city and a different man

I typed a message then I let it fade

Some things you never get to say out loud

My mama always asks about you

I just smile and change the subject fast

There's a version of me somewhere still there

Pre-Chorus

Funny how a heart keeps holding on

To a name it never should have lost

Chorus

It should have been you

It should have been me

Two kids on a front porch

Too young to see

That love don't always get a second try

But baby I still know

It should have been you and I

Bridge

Years roll on like a slow parade

I got a job I got a life

But when the radio plays something soft

I'm right back on that gravel drive

Right back on that gravel drive

Chorus

It should have been you

It should have been me

Two kids on a front porch

Too young to see

That love don't always get a second try

But baby I still know

It should have been you and I

Baby I still know

It should have been you and I